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Manchurian is one of the most popular Chinese preparation we get in Chinese restaurants across India. We can prepare both veg or non-veg version of Manchurian. In my earlier posts, recipes for Chicken manchurian, paneer manchurian and Baby Corn Manchurian are mentioned. Today's version of Manchurian includes several type of vegetables which are easily available at home. It can be consumed as snacks or appetizer for parties and with noodles or fried rice.
Ingredients:
For manchurian balls:
Carrot (finely minced) 1/2 cup
Cabbage (finely minced) 1/2 cup
Cauliflower (finely minced) 1/2cup
Capsicum (finely minced) 1/2 cup
Onion (finely chopped) 1 large
Ginger (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Garlic (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Corn flour 1/4 cup
Cooked rice 1/2 cup
Egg (optional) 1
Ajinomoto 1tsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Red chili powder 1tsp
Tomato sauce 1 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Oil for frying:
For the gravy:
Onion (finely chopped) 1 large
Green chili (finely chopped) 3
Ginger (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Garlic (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
pepper powder 1tsp
Tomato sauce 2 tbsp
Corn flour 1 tbsp
Vinegar 1 tsp
Spring onion (finely chopped)
Method:
1 Take all the minced vegetable in a large pan and add water and salt. Boil those vegetable for 5 to 6 minute(don't over boiled those vegetable). Drain the water completely. Keep the vegetable stock aside.
2. In a mixing bowl add boiled vegetables, chopped onion, ginger garlic, Soy sauce, red chili powder, Ajiomoto, corn flour, salt, tomato sauce and mashed cooked rice and mix thoroughly. You can add egg if your are a non veg which is a very good binding agent. Now divide the mixture into medium sized balls
3. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry those manchurian balls until it becomes golden yellow. Drain out excess oil from it.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion. Fry onion for sometime and add chopped ginger, green chili and garlic and stir fry again for few seconds. Now add soy sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce, Ajinomoto, pepper powder and salt and stir again.
5. Dissolve 1 tbsp of corn flour in 1/2 cup of cold vegetable stock and add it into the pan. Now add fried manchurian balls and spring onion and stir continuously in high flame so that each ball get coated well with the sauce gravy . Leave it for a couple of minutes until the gravy becomes semi dry and finallly remove from fire.
Garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves and serve hot as snacks or with noodle or fried rice.
My Awards:
My dear friend Sonali of Only Fish Recipes has passed me a bunch of wonderful awards. Sonali has a great looking and creative blog with a unique collection of Fish recipes. Thanks a lot Sonali for encouraging me by sharing those awards.
Manchurian is one of the most popular Chinese preparation we get in Chinese restaurants across India. We can prepare both veg or non-veg version of Manchurian. In my earlier posts, recipes for Chicken manchurian, paneer manchurian and Baby Corn Manchurian are mentioned. Today's version of Manchurian includes several type of vegetables which are easily available at home. It can be consumed as snacks or appetizer for parties and with noodles or fried rice.
Ingredients:
For manchurian balls:
Carrot (finely minced) 1/2 cup
Cabbage (finely minced) 1/2 cup
Cauliflower (finely minced) 1/2cup
Capsicum (finely minced) 1/2 cup
Onion (finely chopped) 1 large
Ginger (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Garlic (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Corn flour 1/4 cup
Cooked rice 1/2 cup
Egg (optional) 1
Ajinomoto 1tsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Red chili powder 1tsp
Tomato sauce 1 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Oil for frying:
For the gravy:
Onion (finely chopped) 1 large
Green chili (finely chopped) 3
Ginger (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Garlic (finely chopped) 1 tbsp
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
pepper powder 1tsp
Tomato sauce 2 tbsp
Corn flour 1 tbsp
Vinegar 1 tsp
Spring onion (finely chopped)
1 Take all the minced vegetable in a large pan and add water and salt. Boil those vegetable for 5 to 6 minute(don't over boiled those vegetable). Drain the water completely. Keep the vegetable stock aside.
2. In a mixing bowl add boiled vegetables, chopped onion, ginger garlic, Soy sauce, red chili powder, Ajiomoto, corn flour, salt, tomato sauce and mashed cooked rice and mix thoroughly. You can add egg if your are a non veg which is a very good binding agent. Now divide the mixture into medium sized balls
3. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry those manchurian balls until it becomes golden yellow. Drain out excess oil from it.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion. Fry onion for sometime and add chopped ginger, green chili and garlic and stir fry again for few seconds. Now add soy sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce, Ajinomoto, pepper powder and salt and stir again.
5. Dissolve 1 tbsp of corn flour in 1/2 cup of cold vegetable stock and add it into the pan. Now add fried manchurian balls and spring onion and stir continuously in high flame so that each ball get coated well with the sauce gravy . Leave it for a couple of minutes until the gravy becomes semi dry and finallly remove from fire.
Garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves and serve hot as snacks or with noodle or fried rice.
My Awards:
My dear friend Sonali of Only Fish Recipes has passed me a bunch of wonderful awards. Sonali has a great looking and creative blog with a unique collection of Fish recipes. Thanks a lot Sonali for encouraging me by sharing those awards.
And friends, now I am showered again with those awards from one of my blogger friend Sneha,She is a very talented lady with a very nice well maintained blog.. I love her blog very much and suggest you all to visit her blog sometime.
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2.Pass it on to 15 other blogger friends…. to keep the ball rolling.
3.Let the nominated blogger know about their award [leave a comment in their most recent post].