By Nithu on Jan 28, 2010 in Appetizers & Starters, Featured |
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We all know Vegetable Manchurian is a popular Indian Chinese dish. This is one of my all time favorite. I always thought the procedure is hard and time consuming. It was true the first time I made it. But from the next time, it was as easy as any other dish. The fried vegetable balls soaked in multi sauce gravy makes me drool. I hope you love the recipe and please share your thoughts. Here you go…
Ingredients:
For Veggie Balls:
- Shredded Carrot - 1/2 cup
- Shredded Cabbage - 1/2 cup
- Shredded Cauliflower - 1/2 cup
- Shredded Beans - 1/2 cup
- Shredded Bell Pepper - 1/2 cup
- Green Chilly - 2 (adjust to taste)
- Chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
- Chopped Spring Onion - 2 tbsp
- Corn Flour - 4 tbsp
- Pepper Powder - 1/2 tbsp
- Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
- Red Chilly Paste - 1 tsp
- Ajinamoto - a pinch
- Boiled Rice
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 2 to cups
For Sauce:
- Chopped Onions - 3/4 cup
- Chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
- Chopped Garlic - 2 tbsp
- Green Chilly - 2
- Spring onions - 3 tbsp
- Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp
- Red Chilly Paste - 1 tbsp
- Sweet and Sour Sauce - 1 tbsp
- Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Sesame oil - 2 tbsp
- Ajinamoto - 1/4 tsp
- Salt to taste
Method of Preparation:
- Heat 1 cup of water in a vessel and add all the shredded vegetables.
- Cover and cook them till they are half cooked.
- Drain the vegetables using a cotton cloth and completely squeeze water out of it. Store the water (vegetable stock) in a container.
- Now transfer it to a bowl and add a little salt, ajinamoto, chopped green chilly, pepper powder, chopped ginger, 1 tsp of Soy Sauce, 1 tsp of chilly sauce, 2 tbsp of spring onions, a cup of rice and corn flour and mix them all..
- Make small dumplings and deep fry it in hot oil.
- If the dumpling breaks, add some more boiled rice to the mixture and combine well.
- Fry all the dumplings and keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add chopped ginger and garlic.
- Saute for a minute and add onions followed by chopped green chilly. Saute for 2 minutes.
- Add pepper powder, soy sauce, chilly paste, sweet and sour sauce. If you don’t get the sweet and sour sauce add a little sugar to it.
- Add ajinamoto and a little salt as we have also added soy sauce.
- Check for salt and add if required.
- Add the spring onion and cook for a minute. Saucy gravy is ready.
- Now add the deep fried Manchurian to this sauce and mix them well till the sauce is coated well. Leave it for a couple of minutes and remove from heat.
- If you want to make Veggie Manchurian Gravy, just add the stored vegetable stock, little salt, 1 tsp of soy sauce, 3 tbsp of corn flour batter to the sauce gravy.
- Leave it for 2 minutes and add the Manchurian Balls and let it absorb the sauce for a minute and remove from heat.

Serve hot…
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Asha January 28th, 2010, 4:58 pm
I love Manchurian, made with Gobi. Your’s looks delicious, great color and love the sauce clinging to them. YUM!
meeso January 28th, 2010, 6:25 pm
Yum, that looks mouthwatering!
Nandini January 29th, 2010, 12:20 am
Mouthwatering Manchurian!
Happy Cook January 29th, 2010, 8:27 am
Wow I want all of them, looks so so yummy. Drool drool.
karuna January 29th, 2010, 1:52 pm
looks absolutely delicious.
Honey February 1st, 2010, 12:11 am
Man I’m hungry…Chinese & Indian combo…that’s like death row last meal good…yummmmmmmm. And the fact that its vegan!!! SWEET!
Nithu February 2nd, 2010, 4:11 am
Hi friends, happy that u all like it. Thank u so much for your lovely comments…
sameena February 16th, 2010, 12:31 am
hi nithu,
ur dish also looks very good like u…………
sameena February 16th, 2010, 12:35 am
i luv adirasams… can we make adirasam with the readymade raw rice powder available in the supermarkets . pls do reply
Manisha February 16th, 2010, 3:18 am
yummy……….looks so good
aartee March 12th, 2010, 10:52 am
Hey gayu.. hve bought all the ingredients to try out ur manchurian, will make it during the weekend.
Nithu March 12th, 2010, 11:58 am
Hi Sameena, Thanks for ur lovely comment. I haven’t tried adhirasam with ready rice flour. I will reply to your question soon after trying.
Thanks Manisha
Hi Aartee, Let me know how it came out. Thanks.