Vegetable schezwan fingers

Ingredients:

1 cup finely chopped cabbage
1/2 cup grated carrots(preferably orange colored)
1/2 cup finely chopped capsicum
2 1/2 tblsp schezwan sauce(check the chutney section, on how to make schezwan sauce)
1 tblsp finely chopped ginger
2 1/2 tblsp corn flour
bread crumbs for binding the mixture
1/2 tblsp soya sauce
1/2 cup Roasted semolina 
Oil for deep frying
salt to taste

Reference:

http://sanjeevkapoor.com/sichuan-vegetable-fingers-flavours-of-the-orient.aspx

Method:

1) Mix the cabbage, carrot and capsicum in a bowl and add 1/4 tblsp of salt. Keep it aside for 15 mins.After that squeeze the excess water out, from the mixture.
2) Add corn flour, ginger, soya sauce, schezwan sauce to this mixture.
3) Keep on adding bread crumbs till you are able to make cutlets out of the mixture.
4) Check the seasoning and add salt if necessary.
5)Take roasted semolina in a plate. Make rolls of the mixture and coat it with semolina
6) Heat oil on medium temperature. Add the rolls to the oil
7) Once it turns dark brown remove it .
8) Serve it with schezwan sauce.

Note: 1) Squeeze all the excess water properly from the vegetables else the rolls will break.
2) Fry it in medium or slow heat, else the mixture will not cook from inside.

Schezwan Sauce

Ingredients:

12 large garlic 
10 red chillies|(preferably bedgi chillies)
3 tblsp oil
1 tblsp chopped ginger
1 1/2 tblsp tomato ketchup
1/4 tblsp sugar(optional)
1/2 tblsp soya sauce
Salt to taste
2 tblsp lemon juice or 1/2 tblsp vinegar


Reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIK_N6e3TIc
http://www.jeyashriskitchen.com/2013/03/schezwan-sauce-recipe-how-to-make.html

Method:

1) Remove seeds from the chilies and soak it in water for at least 1 hour. Make a paste by adding little water to it. Red chilly paste is ready.

2) Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped garlic and fry in slow flame till its light golden in color(apprx 5 mins). In between add ginger to it.

3) Add 2 1/2 tblsp of red chilly paste to the pan and fry it till the oil starts separating(apprx 5 mins)
4) Now add soya sauce, tomato ketchup, sugar, salt and lemon to this mixture. Mix it and add 1/2 cup or less, water to it.
5) Cook for another 2 mins. Schezwan sauce is done. 

Note: Use this sauce the next day, to get the nice garlic flavor from the sauce.