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Vegetable Manchurian

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Posted by Nithu on Jan 28, 2010 in Appetizers, Featured

Vegetable Manchurian

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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:

  1. Heat 1 cup of water in a vessel and add all the shredded vegetables.
  2. Cover and cook them till they are half cooked.
  3. Drain the vegetables using a cotton cloth and completely  squeeze water out of it. Store the water (vegetable stock) in a container.
  4. 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..
  5. Make small dumplings and deep fry it in hot oil.
  6. If the dumpling breaks, add some more boiled rice to the mixture and combine well.
  7. Fry all the dumplings and keep it aside.
  8. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped ginger and garlic.
  9. Saute for a minute and add onions followed by chopped green chilly. Saute for 2 minutes.
  10. 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.
  11. Add ajinamoto and a little salt as we have also added soy sauce.
  12. Check for salt and add if required.
  13. Add the spring onion and cook for a minute. Saucy gravy is ready.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Leave it for 2 minutes and add the Manchurian Balls and let it absorb the sauce for a minute and remove from heat.

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:) Serve hot…

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15 Responses to “Vegetable Manchurian”

  1. Asha says:
    January 28, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    I love Manchurian, made with Gobi. Your’s looks delicious, great color and love the sauce clinging to them. YUM!

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  2. meeso says:
    January 28, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    Yum, that looks mouthwatering!

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  3. Nandini says:
    January 29, 2010 at 12:20 am

    Mouthwatering Manchurian!

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  4. Happy Cook says:
    January 29, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Wow I want all of them, looks so so yummy. Drool drool.

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  5. karuna says:
    January 29, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    looks absolutely delicious.

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  6. Honey says:
    February 1, 2010 at 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!

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  7. Nithu says:
    February 2, 2010 at 4:11 am

    Hi friends, happy that u all like it. Thank u so much for your lovely comments…

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  8. sameena says:
    February 16, 2010 at 12:31 am

    hi nithu,

    ur dish also looks very good like u…………

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  9. sameena says:
    February 16, 2010 at 12:35 am

    i luv adirasams… can we make adirasam with the readymade raw rice powder available in the supermarkets . pls do reply

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  10. Manisha says:
    February 16, 2010 at 3:18 am

    yummy……….looks so good

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  11. aartee says:
    March 12, 2010 at 10:52 am

    Hey gayu.. hve bought all the ingredients to try out ur manchurian, will make it during the weekend.

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  12. Nithu says:
    March 12, 2010 at 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.

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  13. kitty says:
    April 10, 2010 at 1:52 am

    i tried to made manchurian few daz before..bt the balls were not round and very soft too…i didn’t add boil rice bt add maida flour in it…it was not bad bt not also too gud:(

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  14. shanthi says:
    June 1, 2010 at 11:28 pm

    Yummy and mouthwatering. Do visit my space when time permits

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  15. Kalpana says:
    June 12, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    Hi dat looks awesome…I’ll try that immediately…thx a lot for the receipe!!

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