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Mix Vegetable Manchurian

Indo-Chinese

Mix Vegetable Manchurian

A popular indo Chinese recipe accompanied by any fried rice or noodle of choice. Deep fried mixed veggie balls soaked in ginger garlic flavoured, soya sauce based gravy.

By Your Cooking Pal Published

Prep
20 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
4
Total
40 min

Ingredients

  • Manchurian Balls
  • 1 cup ( grated)Cabbage
  • 1/4 cup ( grated)Cauliflower
  • 1/4 cup ( grated)Carrot
  • 1/4 cup ( very finely chopped )French Beans
  • 1/4 cup bo(iled and blanched)Sweet Corn
  • 1 finely choppedGreen chili
  • 2 tsp gratedGarlic
  • 1/4 tspBlack pepper powder
  • 1/4 tspsalt
  • 4 tbspPlain flour
  • 3 tbspCorn flour
  • For deep fryingOil
  • For Manchurian gravy
  • 1 slicedOnion
  • 2 tsp ( finely chopped)Garlic
  • 2 tsp ( finely chopped)Ginger
  • 2 ( slit)Green Chili
  • 2 tspSoya sauce
  • 2 tspRed chili sauce
  • 2 tspSchezwan sauce
  • 1 tspTomato Ketchup
  • 1/4 tspBlack pepper Powder
  • 1 cube / 1/2 cup stockVeg stock cube or veg stock
  • 1 tsp ( dissolved in 1/4 cup water)Corn flour
  • 1/4 tspVinegar
  • 3 tspOil

Method

  1. Step 1

    Mix all the veggies in a bowl  and drain out the excess moisture squeezing them tightly between palms. Keep the juice that is drained out of the veggies.  It can be used as a stock for the gravy.

  2. Step 2

    Add rest of the ingredients salt, pepper, green chilies, garlic, corn flour and plain flour to the veggies.

  3. Step 3

    Make small sized balls. If the mixture isn’t firm enough to shape into balls, you may adjust adding plain flour and corn flour.

  4. Step 4

    Heat oil in a deep frying pan.

  5. Step 5

    Deep fry the veggie balls in hot oil until they are half done and a thin crust is formed.

  6. Step 6

    Drain them on a kitchen towel.

  7. Step 7

    After a while heat the oil again and deep fry them until they change color and are crunchy. (Double frying enhances the texture and adds a crunchy layer to the Manchurian balls).

  8. Step 8

    For the gravy

  9. Step 9

    In a wok add 3 tsp oil. Add onion, ginger, garlic, green chili and sauté for a minute.

  10. Step 10

    Add all the sauces and pepper powder  and sauté.

  11. Step 11

    Add the  stock (kept aside from the veggies ) along with the veg stock cube dissolved in 1/2 cup water.

  12. Step 12

    Bring it to a boil for a minute.

  13. Step 13

    Add the corn flour dissolved in water. Let the gravy thicken as per the desired consistency.

  14. Step 14

    Adjust the seasoning , but go easy on the salt since the stock cubes and sauces already have salt.

  15. Step 15

    Add vinegar.

  16. Step 16

    Add the fried Manchurian balls and mix well.

  17. Step 17

    Garnish with spring onions and ginger juliennes and serve hot.

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