Quick - Veg Manchurian

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Veg Manchurian

If you think of a popular Chinese veg delicacy, the first thing that comes to your mind is "Veg Manchurian". Mouthwatering fried veg balls dipped in the spicy, tangy sauce can be consumed as a starter or as a side dish with any Chinese main course. It is best complemented with both Hakka noodles and fires rice.

Though there are various ways to cook this all-time favorite Chinese dish. but I have kept it a simple and quick method to cook hopefully you will find it the same way.

• Cooking time 40 mins
• Serves 3 - 4

For your convenience, I have divided the recipe into two easy steps.

Step 1 - Making Manchurian balls

Step 2 - Making sauce.

Ingredients: for Manchurian balls

• Cabbage 1 cup finely chopped
• Carrot 1/2 Cup finely chopped
• Onion 1 medium size finely chopped
• Green chillis 2 -3
• Ginger 1 inch grated
• Cornflour 3 - 4 tablespoon
• Baking Powder 1 teaspoon
• Oil 1 Cup
• Salt as per taste

Ingredients: for Manchurian gravy

• Oil 2 tablespoon
• Garlic 8 -10 cloves finely chopped
• Ginger 1 inch grated
• Green chillis 2 -3
• Onion 1 medium size finely chopped
• Capsicum 1/2 cup
• Spring Onion chopped
• Red Chilli sauce 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce 1 tablespoon
• Vinegar 1 tablespoon
• Black pepper 1/4 teaspoon
• Cornflour 1 tablespoon
• water/ vegetable stock 2 1/2 cup
• salt as per taste

Cooking Manchurian Balls - Step 1

Add all the vegetables in a bowl, add cornflour, green chilies, ginger, and salt mix them well and gather the mixture knead them in a way so that veggie in the mixture leaves the water and form a dough-like mixture. Take a small portion of the mixture and make round veggie balls.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry all the balls in medium flame. Put them aside on a kitchen towel and allow them to shed excessive oil.

Making Sauce - Step 2

Take a small bowl and all the three sauces and vinegar and mix them well and leave them aside, take cornflour in another bowl two tablespoons of water. Heat the oil in a pan on medium flame then add ginger, garlic, and green chilies saute them for a minute, now add onion and capsicum cook them for two minutes add salt. Add sauce mixture and stir it well then add water/veg stock allow them to cook till it comes to a boil. Add cornflour in small quantity while stirring the sauce, simmer till the Manchurian sauce thickens, cook the sauce 6-7 seven minutes.

Now add already cooked Manchurian balls to the sauce prepared garnish them with spring onion, serve it with your favorite Chinese dish.

Quick Kitchen Tip :

Add Baking powder while making Manchurian balls, it will make them softer and spongy

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