Vegetable Manchurian
Vegetable manchurian can be made with dry or in a gravy.Goes great with both fried rice and hakka noodles.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
For manchurian
- ½ cup maida/plain flour
- 1 cup cabbage shredded
- 1 cup carrots shredded
- Spring onions 4 stalks Reserve 1 stalk for garnish
- ½ cup green capsicum chopped
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp black pepper grounded
- Salt to taste
For the gravy
- 1 tbsp maize flour
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
- ½ inch piece of ginger
- 3 inch piece celery
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar I use apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp red chilly powder/chilly flakes optional
- ½ vegetable stock soup cube
- 2 tbsp oil
Instructions
For manchurian
- Mix all vegetables for manchurian, with salt and minimal water.
- Lay the mix in a utensil and steam for 20 minutes.
- Once steamed,allow to cool for 10 minutes and cut into squares.
- Mix some water with corn flour,maida and dip vegetable squares one by one.
- Heat oil in a pan and deep-fry or shallow fry these vegetable cubes one by one.
- Keep it aside on a paper napkin so that excess oil can be removed.
For the gravy
- Heat oil in a pan and add garlic,ginger,green onions to it.
- Add green capsicum and celery pieces along with salt and chilly flakes to it.
- Add vinegar and soy sauce and mix well/
- Now,add maize flour to 1 cup water and mix well.
- Add maize mixture along with soup cube and let it come to a boil.
- Add the vegetable cubes to the mix and let it cook for 2 minutes.
- Garnish with some green onions.
Notes
Note: Alter the quantity of water in the gravy as per your choice.