HOW TO MAKE VEG. MANCHURIAN

VEG.MANCHURIAN

VEG MANCHURIAN is an  Indo Chinese dish. It is made from vegetables like cabbage, carrot, beat root etc. and are tossed in chinese sauces and with chinese salt.

We can make 2 types of veg. manchurian.

 

      1.VEG MANCHURIAN DRY-  

I will tell you about the preparations of this variations of veg. manchurian. We can serve it as starter snack or a side dish with noodles.

     2.VEG. MANCHURIAN GRAVY-

 We can serve it with fried rice or plain rice, noodles or roti. This recipe has a sauce in which the fried veggies balls are tossed. This sauce tastes like sweet, savory, spicy and sour.

INGREDIENTS- 

•  Cabbage                         - 100 gms (chopped)
• Carrot                             - 1 piece (grated)
• Beat root                        - 1/2 piece (grated)
• Chili sauce                     - 2 tsp
• Tomato sauce                 - 1 tbsp
• Soy sauce                       - 1 tsp
• Corn flour                     - 2 tbsp
• Refined flour                 - 2 tbsp
• Ginger garlic paste       - 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
• Chili powder                 - 1/2 tsp
• Green chili                   - 2 nos (chopped)
• Salt as per taste
• Garlic                           - 1 tbsp (chopped)
• Ginger                          - 1 tbsp (chopped)
• Onion                           - 1 large (cut in to diced)
• Vinegar                        - 1 tbsp

PROCESS FOR MAKING MANCHURIAN BALLS--

Take finely chopped veggies in a bowl. Add ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tsp soy sauce, salt, chili powder, garam masala powder, 1 and 1/2 tbsp corn flour and 2 tbsp refined flour to the veggies. Mix it very well and press it, so that the veggies release their juices. If required mix 2 tbsp water in it.

Then take a small portion of the mixture in your hands. Press and roll it in your palm and make a round veggie ball. Make all veggie balls in this way and keep aside.

Heat oil in a kadhai for deep frying. Gently place the balls in the medium hot oil. Too much heat made the balls browned from the top and uncooked from inside. And less hot oil will make the balls absorb too much oil.

Fry the balls till crisp and golden.

PROCESS FOR MAKING MANCHURIAN DRY--

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai and saute the chopped ginger and garlic, green chilis till garlic turns in to light brown. Add diced onion and fry for a minute. Slow down the flame and add soy sauce, chili sauce and tomato sauce. Add salt and garam masala powder and a spoon full of vinegar. Add 1 tbsp water and mix it well. Add the manchurian balls and tossed it. To enhanced the flavour you can add chings manchurian masala (optional). Cook it for a minute on low flame. Garnish with coriander leaves and spring onion (optional).

If you want to make VEG MANCHURIAN GRAVY, you can make the manchurian balls in the above process.

PROCESS FOR MAKING  VEG. MANCHURIAN GRAVY--

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai. Add 1/2 tbsp chopped ginger, 1 tbsp chopped garlic, 1 onion (diced), 2 green chilis (finely chopped) and 3 tbsp spring onion (chopped) and stir fry on medium flame till the onion turns translucent. 

Add 1/2 tsp soy sauce,1 tbsp tomato sauce and 1/2 tbsp chili sauce . Then mix it well. Add 1 cup of water and salt as per taste. mix and leave it to boil.

In a bowl take 1 tbsp corn flour and 2 tbsp water. Mix it well so that there are no lumps in it . continue stiring till the sauce is thickens. Add 1/2 tsp sugar , fried veg. balls and 1 tbsp vinegar and mix it well. Your veg. manchurian gravy is ready to serve. Garnish it with coriander leaves or spring onion as you wish.