Veggie Manchurian & Gobi Manchurian

Veggie Manchurian

Ingredients For Manchurian

4 T cups cabbage minced

1 1/2 cups carrot minced
1 medium onion minced
2 tbsp cornflour
5 tbsp all purpose flour/ plain flour
2-3 garlic minced
1-2 hot green peppers/ chillies minced
2 pinches pepper powder
1/4 tsp Ajinomotto powder
Oil for deep frying and salt to taste For Sauce/ gravy
1 tsp garlic chopped
2 tsp hot green chillies/pepper chopped
2 tsp ginger chopped
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tcup clear vegetable stock or water
1 tbsp soya sauce
2 pinches sugar
2 table spoon oil
Salt to taste

Method: For the Manchurian
Mix carrots, cabbage, onion, cornflour, all purpose flour/plain flour, garlic, pepper, ajinomotto, pepper powder and salt to taste. Shape spoonful of the mixture in small balls. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
For the Sauce:
Heat oil in a wok or frying pan on a high flame. Add the garlic, green chillies and ginger and stir fry over a high flame for a few seconds. Mix the cornflour with 1/4 cup of water keep aside.
Add the stock, soya sauce sugar and salt to taste. Bring it to boil, while its boiling add the cornflour mixture and boil the gravy till it becomes thick. Just before serving put the balls in the sauce and cook for a few minutes. Serve hot.




Gobi Manchurian

Ingredients
1 medium. cauliflower clean and broken into big/smallflorettes.
1 small bunch spring onion finely chopped
5-7 onions cut lengthwise
2-3 capsicum cut lengthwise
4tsp. ginger finely chopped
4tsp. garlic finely chopped
4 tsp green chillies finely choppedv 1/4 cup plain flour
3 tbsp. cornflour
1/4 tsp. red chilli powder
Salt as needed
3 tbsp. oil
1 1/2 cups water
pinch of turmeric powder
soya sauce
tomato sauce

Method
1. Boil the florettes for 10minutes in plenty of water, to which pinch of turmeric powder and salt is added.
2. Drain and pat dry.
3. Make a batter out of corn flour(plain flour can be added if needed), red chillie powder and salt.
4. Dip the florettes and deep fry in oil.
5. Heat oil in an wok.
6. Add finely chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies.
7. Add lengthwise cut onions. Add salt.
8. Saute for few minutes.
9. Add lengthwise cut capsicum.
10. Saute for few minutes.
1. Add soya sauce and tomato sauce.
12. Mix well.
13. Add the deep fried florettes and toss it for few minutes.
14. On top of this add finely chopped spring onions, little garlic(cut horizontally)
15. Heat for few minutes
16. Serve hot for noodles or just for evening snacks