Stones and straw: Macroni & Soy Chunks recipe

I prefer calling this dish Stones and Straw because that is what it looks like. Especially when you do it with macaronis. You will require 1 Packet Macaroni 250gm Soy Chunks Ginger Garlic paste 2 Finely chopped Carrots a cupful of Finely chopped Beans 4 Finely chopped Spring Onions Hot Chilly Sauce A dash of Soy Sauce 5 tbsp. Tomato Ketchup Olive oil or sunflower oil. Salt to taste A little Sugar Lots of Water How to make it: Take half liter water and bring it to boil. Take the boiling water off the flame and pour the Soy Chunks in it. Let the chunks be in the hot water for 20 min. Take a frying pan; pour 6 cups water, some olive oil and little salt. Boil it. Then put the macaroni in to it. Let it boil for some time. Once the macaroni looks like its boiled, drain the water. Sieve the macaroni under the running water. This helps the macaroni become non sticky! If you want to use noodles instead of macaroni then the process of cooking noodles is the same as macaroni. Now take cooking pan. Pour 3 tbsp. olive oil. Add ginger garlic paste. Finely chopped Spring Onions and its leaves. Stir fry till the aroma becomes strong, then add carrots beans. Cook the vegetables well. By now the soy chunks that were kept soaked in the hot water should be ready. Squeeze out the water and cut the chunks into smaller pieces. Some of them are too big. Add the chunks to the cooking vessel. Stir occasionally. Now add the Hot chilly sauce in generous proportions, a tsp of soy sauce and tomato ketchup. You can vary the proportion as per the requirement. The hot chilly sauce is also a little sweet and the soy chunks soak up all the sauces very well. Add salt to taste. Stir occasionally. At last add the macaroni or noodles. They are already boiled & cooked so it shouldn't take much time to become a part of the delicious dish. Within 5 min. of adding macaroni your dish should be ready. Stir only once or twice after adding noodles or macaroni. Else it will become too messy or sticky. It takes approx 35 to 40 min to prepare the dish and serves 4-5. Let me know when you do it. More interesting recipes are on the way! Heartfelt thanks to Sonali and Vishal C. for prompting me to get some of my recipes on the blog. O.A.K.