Noodles with Spring onion and Sauteed Mushroom 🍝

 

Switching to Vegan was not an easy task for me. Being diagnosed with thyroid issues since the age of 17, I had to follow certain restrictions in my diet. I can never eat uncooked salt, I try to avoid seafood and peanuts as much as possible. But being an ardent foodie and hailing from a Bengali household, I started inclining toward processed foods for my sudden hunger pangs. Also, post thyroid, I always have a salty taste in my mouth for which I always crave sweets. After trying a lot of different diets for the last 7 years I started researching vegan. Once I went deeper into this, I hit a gold mine of clean and lean foods. So 2 weeks into veganism and I am already seeing changes within myself. I am no more fatigued, depressed or bloated, not getting mid night hunger pangs.

I started experimenting with my dishes and omitting  the animal protein entirely. The dish in frame is a take on Gordon Ramsay's Egg fried Rice noodles with Chicken (Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1mE2IWeamI). I did not have brocolli so added some home grown fresh spring onions and replaced the proteins with button mushroom.Trust me it tasted awesome and much better. Below is the recipe for my take.

Ingredients : Two cakes of veg noodles.
2 garlic cloves chopped finely
1/2 cup of chopped spring onion
2 button mushrooms chopped
1 tbspoon vinegar
1/2 tbspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon chilli flakes
1 teaspoon freshly and coarsely crushed black peppercorns
Salt as per taste
Coriander leaves to garnish

Recipe: Heat olive oil in a wok and saute the mushrooms with a pinch of salt. Once done, keep the mushrooms aside and add garlic. When the garlic starts releasing its flavour and slightly brown add your boiled noodles and toss them in medium flame. When the noodles become a little sticky to the wok, add vinegar and soy sauce and toss them until the noodles is well mixed and fried. Add your spring onions and let them get softened. Now add chilli flakes, crushed black peppercorns abd salt. Add water if needed. Once everything is well cooked, plate it and top it with sauteed mushrooms. Add a coriander leave for garnishing.

Products used : @chingssecret veg noodles, @weikfieldind soy sauce, @heinz all natural vinegar, @delmonte_in olive oil. Spices and mushrooms are bought from local store @ratnadeep_retail. Greens are homegrown by @mondler2209 😄