SWEET AND SOUR VEGETABLES

Ingredients:

1/2 cup tomato puree

4-5 cloves of garlic finely chopped

1" long ginger ground to paste

1 carrot parboiled and cubed

8-10 french beans parboiled and chopped into 1" long pieces

4-5 flowerettes of cauliflower or broccoli parboiled

1/4 cup of zucchini cubed

1 small capsicum cut into cubes

2 small onions cut into cubes

4-5 mushrooms parboiled and sliced or cubed 

1/4 cup baby corn washed and parboiled (optional)

1/4 cup canned fruit (optional)

1/2 tsp white pepper

1/4 cup tomato ketchup
2-3 tbsp vinegar
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp soya sauce
2 tbsp cornflour
3 tbsp oil

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Stir fry chopped garlic, ginger paste,onions an cauliflower or broccoli for 2 minutes and then add all the other vegetables.
3. Add salt and white pepper.
4. Stir fry vegetables for 2 minutes
5. Add tomato puree and one cup water.
6. Add tomato ketchup, vinegar,sugar and soya sauce.
7. Boil for 2 minutes and add cornflour mixed with 1 cup of water, stirring continuously for 3-5 minutes or till the corn flour is cooked.
8. Add canned fruit.
9. Serve hot with fried rice or steamed rice or with fried noodles in chop-suey. 

Note:

1.  You can add or leave any vegetables as per availability of vegetables.