Vegetarian chinese gravy, manchurian gravy, non deep fried manchurian sauce

I make this simple dish every time I prepare fried rice or noodles. It’s a sauce which compliments the Chinese fried rice/noodles. I usually use the stir fry vegetable mix which is easy to find in the frozen section for making this. Its so simple, you can make in 5-10 minutes. There are many deep fried recipes available, but this is healthy and a tasty version.

Ingredients

2tsp garlic-finely chopped
2 tsp ginger -finely chopped
½ onion- Roughly chopped
2-3 cups- Frozen/fresh stir fry vegetables
1-2 stems- green onion
1 tsp- olive oil/sesame oil

Sauce

½ tsp- chilli sauce/ chilli flakes
1 tsp- rice wine vinegar
1tsp- oyster/soya sauce
2-3 tsp – tomato paste/tomato ketchup
2-3 tsp- corn flour
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

In a pan, pour some oil and then add chopped ginger and garlic and fry for a few seconds.
Then add the chopped onions and stir fry for a min followed by the stir fry vegetables.
Add all the sauces to the vegetables.
Dissolve the corn flour in half a cup of water or as per the thickness of the sauce and add it.
In a minute the sauce will get thicked ( do not over boil the cornflour mixture, else it will lose its thickness)
Sprinkle some chopped green onions and its ready to be served.

Benefits of Ginger & Garlic

Ginger can not only be warming on a cold day, but can help promote healthy sweating, which is often helpful during colds and flu.
Ginger extracts have been shown to have both antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects on cells.
Ginger’s anti-vomiting action has been shown to be very useful in reducing the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Garlic, much like ginger, can reduce the tendency of blood clot, by improving blood flow throughout the body.
A great way to lower LDL cholesterol levels and tryglycerides, while increasing the beneficial cholesterol or HDL, is also through the use of garlic.
One reason for the beneficial effects may be garlic’s ability to reduce the amount of free radicals in the bloodstream