Chinese Bhel (Indian Street Style) | How To Make Chinese Bhel

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Chinese bhel is a popular Indo-Chinese preparation made with fried noodles tossed in vegetables & sauces.

This is a super easy, quick & delicious snack recipe that is popular all over the streets of Mumbai.

This is a vegan, gluten-free, beginner-friendly recipe.

About Chinese Bhel

Over the years as Indo-Chinese cuisine became popular, many roadside food stalls started serving lip-smacking Indo-Chinese fusion food such as Chinese Pakora (Fritters), Chinese Spring Dosa, and many others. 

But among them, the most popular Indo-Chinese street food is Chinese Bhel.

The delicious amalgamation of sweet, spicy & tangy tastes from the sauces and the crunchy noodles & vegetables makes a perfect combination.

This bhel can be served as a starter for parties and get-togethers.

In the evening all along the Indian streets, you will find one or other carts that would serve this flavorful bhel.

Made with fried noodles, tossed with colourful vegetables and garnished with crunchy spring onions. 

To make this Chinese bhel, tomato ketchup, red chilli sauce, vinegar and soya sauce are used. If you like your bhel way too spicy, you can add schezwan sauce too.

Vegetables can be added as per your choice, the standard vegetables that go are mainly shredded cabbage, bell peppers, carrots & spring onions.

Vegetables such as baby corn, sweet corn, sprouts, and French beans can also be added to enhance the taste and texture.

This fusion Indo-Chinese recipe is loved by kids and adults. It is well-adapted with Indian taste buds.

One thing you need to make sure of is that, prepare this bhel just before serving, as the fried noodles tend to get soggy over time due to the addition of sauces and veggies.

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lngredients

Fried Noodles – For this recipe, I have used store-bought fried noodles that are now easily available at any grocery store.

Garlic – We will require a teaspoon of chopped garlic which enhances the taste of this bhel.

Vegetables – I have used basic standard vegetables like carrots, cabbage, capsicum (bell peppers) and spring onions. You may add vegetables of your choice.

Sauces – For that sweet, tangy, spicy taste we will add tomato ketchup, red chilli sauce, soya sauce and vinegar. You may also add schezwan sauce if you like your bhel spicy.

Oil – For cooking and frying the noodles (if you are making fried noodles at home)

Variations

You can add vegetables like baby corn, sweet corn, french beans and sprouts.

Instead of red chilli sauce, you can add schezwan sauce for more spice.

Serving Suggestions

Serve this bhel as a starter with an Indo-Chinese meal.

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How to make Indo-Chinese Chinese Bhel

For this recipe, I have used store-bought fried noodles that are easily available at any supermarket.

In case you want to make noodles at home:

In a big saucepan add 2 litres of water and bring it to a boil.

Once the water starts boiling add the Hakka noodles and cook the noodles as per the instructions on the cover.

When the noodles are cooked, drain the water completely & drizzle 2 tsp of Oil so that the noodles do not stick to each other.

Now once cooled, deep fry them in oil over medium flame till they are crisp and golden in colour.

Your fried noodles are ready.

Let’s make Chinese Bhel

• In a mixing bowl, add tomato ketchup and red chilli sauce.

• Add vinegar and dark soya sauce.

• Mix all the sauces. Keep it aside.

• In a wok or saucepan, heat a tablespoon of oil and add finely chopped garlic.

• Saute garlic for a minute and add capsicum (bell peppers).

• Add a few spring onion whites.

• Add carrots and saute vegetables on medium to high flame.

• We don’t want to overcook the vegetables there, they should retain their crunch.

• Add cabbage and saute the veggies on high flame for about 4-5 minutes till the raw smell of vegetables slightly fades away.

• Once the vegetables are perfectly sauteed, add the sauces that we made mixed earlier.

• Mix well. You can add salt to taste at this stage if required. The sauces already have ample salt, hence I have not added any.

• Add spring onion greens. Our vegetable dressing for bhel is ready.

• In a mixing bowl, add fried noodles.

• Add the vegetable mixture.

• Mix the noodles and vegetables till all noodles are evenly coated.

• Lastly, garnish with a few spring onion greens.

• Chatpata Chinese Bhel is ready to serve. Serve it immediately.

Note:

I have not added extra salt while making this recipe as all three sauces contains ample salt. You can add the salt as per your preference.

Serve this bhel immediately, as time goes the noodles become soggy.

You can add schezwan sauce for extra spice

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