Recipe of Nagaland’s Favorite Snack – Spicy Wai Wai Noodles

“Growing up in Nagaland, Wai Wai Instant noodles have always been a huge part of our lives. Our lifesaver in times of midday or midnight hunger – especially in hostels when we had no access to stoves in our rooms. Some like it raw and crunchy – mixed with meat or axone pickle; some like it cooked “Naga style” with a hot Raja mircha and some of us here crave for it first thing in the morning! With a hot cup of tea – especially on a cold rainy morning.”

Today, we have a special and easy-to-make wai wai recipe – contributed by our friend from Nagaland, Lidang.

Clockwise: soy sauce, chopped onions, waiwai packets, green chilli, coriander leaves

Ingredients

1 packet Wai Wai noodles
1 small finely chopped onions
1 tablespoon dark soya sauce
Green chillies/ Naga King chilli/ Chilli powder (as per your preference)
1 cup of chopped green veggies of your preference

Directions to cook

Boil 1 cup of water and put the chopped onions.
After 5-8 minutes, add soya sauce and the wai wai masala and cook for some time again.
Add the wai wai noodles, chillies and cook till the water dries up.
Add the wai wai oil and fresh greens into the noodles, and mix them well.
Serve in a bowl with some hot tea! 🙂
You can also add an egg on top – made sunny side up.