VEGETABLE MANCHURIAN

 Vegetable Manchurian

Manchurian is a Chinese delight which has small balls made of chicken/vegetables which are deep fried and cooked in soya sauce based gravy. Manchurian recipe is bit modified so that it can suit Indian tastes. The recipe is purely vegetarian. You may make gobhi Manchurian or chicken Manchurian in similar way.

 

Ingredients:-

For making Manchurian balls:-

2 cups chopped vegetables (carrot, cabbage, paneer, cauliflower)

1.5 cups gram flour/all-purpose flour

Salt to taste

1 tsp. pepper powder

Water as per requirement (1/2 cup)

Oil for frying

For Manchurian gravy:

1 tbsp. oil

2 onions, sliced

½ cup vegetables of choice, thinly sliced

Salt to taste

3 cups water

2 tbsp. corn flour

1 tbsp. tomato ketchup

1 tbsp. soya sauce

1 tsp. chilli sauce

2 tsp. sugar

Method:- 

• Mix chopped vegetables with 1 tsp. salt and drain out water by compressing them in hands after 10 minutes.

• Make a thick batter of flour which has a consistency of soft dough by adding little water and add vegetables to the batter.

• Add salt and pepper.

• Make circular balls not bigger than a table tennis ball.

• Deep fry the balls till golden brown on high and then low flame. Keep aside. Alternatively you may use air fryer or appe pan technique to make a healthier version.

For Gravy:-

• Heat oil in wok and add sliced onions to it.Saute it for a minute and add sliced vegetables of choice. I used carrots, beans, capsicum.

• Sauté for another 2 minutes and add water. Let it boil.

• In a separate cup of water mix corn flour, ketchup, soya sauce, chilli sauce and sugar.

• Add this to wok and stir it for 2 minutes.

• Check the consistency and salt.

• Serve hot with fried rice or Hakka noodles.