Friday 16 October 2015

Veg Manchurian Dry - Easy to Make Chinese Recipe

Yes I am alive. It is after two years that I am logging to my blog. I was literally busy in this world
and also I got lazy :P Anyways last night I cooked veg manchurian so thought why not share this easy to make Chinese recipe with you all.

This veg manchurian's easy formula as the title proposes is a dry variant. Following are the step by step demonstration for this recipe-

Ingredients used -

Fried veg balls:

  • ½ cup grated or finely chopped cabbage
  • ½ cup grated carrot
  • ¼ cup finely chopped capsicum/green bell pepper
  • ¼ cup finely chopped french beans
  • ¼ cup finely chopped spring onions/scallions or onions
  • 2 tbsp corn starch (also called as corn flour in india)
  • 2 tbsp all purpose flour/maida
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp salt or add as required
  • oil for deep frying

Manchurian sauce:

  • ½ tbsp finely chopped garlic
  • ½ tbsp finely chopped ginger
  • 1 or 2 green chilies, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped spring onions/scallions or onions
  • ¼ tsp corn starch (optional)
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tsp red chili sauce
  • ½ tsp rice vinegar or regular vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  • ½ to 1 tbsp chopped spring onions greens for garnish
  • ½ tbsp oil
  • salt as required

Step By Step Veg Dry Manchurian Recipe-

  1. Take the finely chopped cabbage, grated carrot, finely chopped capsicum, french beans,and spring onions in a bowl
  2. Add 2 tbsp corn starch, 2 tbsp all purpose flour, ½ tsp black pepper and ½ tsp salt or add as required.
  3. Mix the mixture and knead it so that the veggies leave water and you get a dough like mixture.
    Take a small portion of the mixture in your hands; press and roll it in your palm to make a round veggie ball. This way make all veggie balls and keep it aside.
  4. Heat oil for deep frying in a pan. Add a small piece of mixture to the hot oil. if it does not stick at the bottom of the pan and comes up steadily the oil is ready for frying these veg manchurian balls. Gently place the balls in the medium hot oil.when cooked from one side, turn the balls and fry it till crisp and brown

  5. Fry all the veg balls this way in batches and keep aside.
  6. Now its time to make the sauce. Take another pan, heat about ½ tbsp oil in. add finely chopped garlic, ginger & 1 or 2 green chilies.
  7. Saute for a minute on a low flame and then add ¼ cup chopped spring onions or onions; saute till the onions soften
  8. Now add ½ tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp red/green chilly sauce and 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
  9. Keeping the flame on lower side add ¼ tsp corn starch and stir it very well. 
  10. Add black pepper powder and very less salt to it and again stir well.
  11. Now add the fried veg balls.
  12. Stir so that the sauce coats the veg balls evenly. Switch off the flame and add ½ tsp rice vinegar or regular white vinegar.
  13. Toss it and serve the hot veg manchurian.