Vegetable Stew with Noodles

Ingredients

• 120g of egg noodles
• olive oil, for greasing
• 1 red onion
• 7 medium mushrooms
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 carrot
• 1 courgette
• 2 garlic cloves
• salt, for seasoning
• black pepper, for seasoning
• hot paprika, for seasoning
• ground paprika, for seasoning
• 1 tbsp of light brown sugar ^{how to?}
• 1 cup of passata
• ½ cup of water
• a handful of fresh coriander

Method

Ingredients on the tabletop ready to make Vegetable Stew with Noodles

Cook the noodles in a pan with boiling water for 4-5 minutes.

Drain it and put it in cold water. Toss 1 tbsp of olive oil, mix and set aside. 

Cut vegetables in a bowl

Cut the red onion into wedges, mushrooms into slices, peppers, carrot and courgette into equal pieces and crush garlic cloves.

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or wok and put all the vegetables in it.

Vegetables frying in a pan

Fry for 5 minutes over high heat, stirring constantly so that all vegetables are fried evenly.

Reduce the heat and add seasonings: salt, black pepper, hot paprika and ground paprika.

Add brown sugar and fry for another few minutes.

Taste and adjust seasonings.

Add passata and water to the pan.

Vegetables frying in a pan with passata and water

Cover the pan with a lid, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Chop coriander and add it at the end of cooking.

Noodles in a bowl with vegetable stew in a pan ready to be mixed together

Add noodles and warm through.

Noodles and vegetable stew mixed together in a pan

Serve immediately.

A portion of Vegetable Stew with Noodles in a bowl

Enjoy!