Adventurous cooking..Chopsuey, turkey burgers and 'soy fry'

I was never very interested in cooking. I was never one of those 'cook and feed others' kind of a person. I like quick cooking and i do not mind eating the same stuff eveyday. But now food network has spoiled me and blame that too on my mom. I used to be addicted to HGTV but now thanks to my mom, I have started watching HGTV and actually try out new things! Also, now what with Eswar gone during the week and having to manage this lil fella alone, I cook only during weekends and maybe that too has added to the 'fascination'.
And this weekend was quite an adventurous one and the best part of these 3 recipes are that I just randomly tried it without looking into the internet or a book!

1.Chopsuey - I have to acknowledge Deepti for this. I actually wanted to try a Thai curry and went looking for Thai curry paste. But I couldn't find it and instead saw this 'bean noodly' kind of a thing which they said can be used for soups, salads and can also be fried and I just picked it up. So Saturday morning when i was wondering what to cook I remembered this Chopsuey that Deepti and I would have in a small, tacky place near Commercial Street. I and my friends(Deepti and Sathya) are kind of wierd that way. We would eat in the same places and also watch the s.a.m.e. movie. Well, lets leave at that and not name the movie:)Anyway to continue with the story after that complete digression, I called Deepti and asked her if she remembered that taste and what they could have put into the Chopsuey :) So, this is how I finally made it-
Fried the noodles (lets call them that) and set it aside.
For the sauce, I fried onions, minced garlc, green chillies and then added ajina mota, soy sauce and some chillie sauce.Brought to a aboil. Also added all purpose flour to thicken the consistency.
That is the recipe.

Now, do not expect full fledged recipes in this blog - 1) I do not like writing so much 2)I do not seriously think anybody wants to try these. these are mostly for my reference:)

2. Turkey burgers: These came out really well.
Mixed finely chopped onions, green chillies, salt, chillie powder, dhanya powder, grama masala to the minced turkey. Made patties and shallow fried them.

3.Soy fry: I picked this minced soy in Trader Joe. It looked like meat! This is what I did with this. I beat onions, green chillies, salt and eggs together. I fried the minced soy (now, I suspect this was pre-cooked. It also had things like salt and masala mixed in it)and added the eggs and everything. And fried it:)

This was a principle that I tried newly in the burger and the soy fry. i did not fry the onions and chillies and this gave a very good bite and crunch which I absolutely loved!

Maybe, maybe nexttime I will post snaps of things I cook. Lets see:)