Cauliflower Manchurian

A wonderful IndoChinese recipie.Hope you like it and enjoy with your family. IndoChinese are my favourite dishes.Mothers Day Special!

Ingredients

500gms Cauliflower florets

8 tbsp Cornflour/ corn starch
3-4 Green chillies, minced
2 Spring onion bulb , chopped
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry+2 tablespoons
1/2 tsp Garlic paste
1/2 tsp Ginger paste
1 medium Green capsicum, chopped
1 medium Onion , chopped
2 tbsp Soy sauce
2 1/2 cups Vegetable stock
2 tbsp Vinegar
1/4 tsp Sugar
Method

1. Wash and drain cauliflower florets. Make a batter of six tablespoons of cornstarch, green chillies and spring onions adding salt to taste.

2. Dissolve the remaining two tablespoons of cornstarch in quarter cup of water and keep aside for sauce.Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.

3. Dip each cauliflower floret in the prepared batter and deep fry till golden brown. Remove and drain onto an absorbent paper.

4. To make the sauce, heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan and gently fry the garlic paste and the
ginger paste.

5. Add the chopped capsicum and onion.Stir in the soya sauce and vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for two minutes.Add the vinegar, sugar and adjust salt to taste.

6. Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and cook stirring continuously till the mixture thickens and starts bubbling.Add the fried cauliflower florets.

7. Mix well to coat and cook for two minutes more. Serve hot.

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Veg Manchurian

After a very very long long time i m back...... This recipie I tried a long time back...... It was a very good success that time.... so a few days back was feeling like eating something different.... so here is the recipie for Veg manchurian.... my style...

Ingredients:

For the balls

1/2 cup cabbage

1 carrot medium size

1 onion medium size

2 capsicums medium size

1 1/2 cup cauliflower

7-8 beans

2 green chillies

1 tsp each ginger and garlic paste

1/2 cup coriander

2 boiled medium size potatoes

1 cup wheat flour

salt to taste

For the Sauce

3 tsp corn flour

1 tsp ginger, green chilli, garlic paste and coriander paste

1 cup finely cut cabbage

12 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp soya sauce

2 cup hot water

1 tsp oil

salt to taste.

Method

For the balls

1. Take 1 cup cauliflower, 1 capsicum, 1 green chilli, ginger garlic paste, 1/2 carrot, few beans, 1/4 cup of cabbage, 1/2 onion and grind it in a food processor.

2. Cut the rest of the vegetables very finely with a knife.

3. Mix the processed vegetables, cut vegetables, potatoes, wheat flour and salt to make a dough.

4. Make small balls of this dough and deep fry to brownish colour on medium flame.

For the Sauce

1. Heat oil in a pan and add the ginger, green chilli, garlic and coriander paste to it.

2. Fry for a minute and then add hot water to it.

3. Then add the soya sauce, sugar and salt. (Be careful while adding the salt as Soya sauce is salty and there is salt added in the Manchurian balls also.)

4. In a small bowl make a paste of the corn flour with a tsp of water and then add this to the boiling water.

5. Add cabbage and boil it stirring continuously for 5 to 7 minutes.

6. At the time of serving add the Manchurian balls to the gravy and serve hot....

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