Yunnanese Recipe- Celery & Brinjal

Spicy Yunanese Stir Fried Celery
Ingredients:

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp salt

6 celery sticks, sliced thickly (1/4 inch)
4-8 fresh red chilies, sliced thinly
4 spring onion, cut into fine strips

4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 inch ginger, julienned

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Chinese rice wine (optional)
1 tsp sesame oil.

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a wok, add the salt and fry for 10 sec. Add the celery, chilies, spring onion, garlic and ginger to the wok and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add sugar and rice wine and sesame oil. Turn off heat and serve hot with rice.

Spicy Yunnanese Brinjal

Ingredients

2 tbsp oil

2 Brinjals, sliced thickly
1 tbsp oil
4-8 red chillies, chopped

1 inch ginger, chopped

4 cloves garlic, chopped

2 tsp soy sauce

1 tsp sugar

¼ cup chicken stock

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tsp vinegar

2 spring onion, chopped

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a wok, and stir fry the brinjals until tender, about 3 mins. Remove and set aside.

2. Add more oil in the wok andfry the red chillies, garlic and ginger for 1 min.

3. Add the soy sauce, sugar and chicken stock and bring it to boil. Add the brinjals and lower heat and simmer until the brinjals have absorbed the liquid.

4. Add sesame oil, vinegar and spring onion and stir and cook for another 2-3 mins. Turn off heat and serve hot with rice.