OOdles of Noodles!!!

My kids like all children who return from school chant the same mantra....we are hungry...we are hungry....we are hungry.... but are not satiated with whatever you give....sandwich?  naaa... chips and dip??  naaa...  chicken nuggets??  naaa.... I am running out of options here, and my light bulb just refuses to go on today!!!!  

                             I let the kids be for a minute, they turned on the TV which kept them going for awhile.  I opened the refrigerator to get some milk out to make myself a cuppa... my eyes fell on a box of cooked spaghetti.....my light bulb started flickering....hey...why not make a veggie noodle dish???  Better yet, why not something Indo Chinese... Veggie Hakka Noodle?  I turned around and took a look at the stove and saw the tava/frying pan resting on my stove top... and another improv idea popped into my head....hey why not Tava Hakka Noodles???!!  

                                                         So, done!!!  Decided!!!  Tava Hakka Noodles it is!!!  this is a combination of the good old  Hakka noodles and the Shanghai Dan Dan Noodles.  So, let us get cracking shall we??! 

                     I am going to take you through the recipes as I moved along in my kitchen!!!

 Heat up a large Tava/ griddle.  Add 1 tbsp of oil to the hot pan.  Once the oil shimmers in the pan....

 add the following in the clockwise direction.....

1/4 purple/red onion, sliced -- saute well; 3cloves of garlic, minced -- saute well until browned; 1" ginger, grated -- saute well; add 1/2 cup grated carrots and 1/2 cup of broccoli slaw -- saute well until the veggies are glazed over.  All this on a medium high flame!!

Add the following spices -- follow the pictures in  anti clockwise direction...

Salt to taste ; cracked pepper about 1/2 tsp ; scallions -- only the white part .. for the mild onion flavor; 1/2 --  1 tbsp soy sauce; saute all this well for a minute or two. 

Add 2 cups of cooked spaghetti! 

And toss the noodles well to incorporate the veggies and spices into the noodles!!

Add couple tablespoons of white vinegar to the dish!  Toss well again!!!  

Spread the noodles on the tava...which comes very handy for the crust formation!!  Spread as evenly as you can and let it sizzle for couple minutes on medium high heat, let it form the crust, toss and repeat it around thrice or until you are satisfied with the crunchiness of the noodles!! 

serve the noodles, piping hot   garnished with green part of scallions, minced! 

tastes great even at room temperature!!  light bulb moment!!!  great as a lunch box option also!!!!  Yippppeeeee!!