Vegetable Manchurian
Vegetable Manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese dish made with crispy veggie balls tossed in a flavorful, spicy-tangy sauce. It’s delicious, comforting, and perfect as a starter or main.
Servings: 4 Servings
Ingredients
For Manchurian balls
- 1 cup all-purpose flour/ maida
- 3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 cup refined oil as required for deep frying
- Salt as per taste
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste finely chopped
- 1 green chilli finely chopped (optional)
- ½ small white onion ½ finely chopped
- ¼ cup cauliflower shredded grated
- ¼ cup carrots grated (½ cup long shredded)
- ¼ cup beans finely chopped
- ½ cup cabbage shredded thin
- 2 tbsp capsicum Finely chopped
For Sauce
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3 - 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
- ½ inch ginger finely chopped
- 2 green chilli finely chopped
- 2 tbsp green onions roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp capsicum sliced
- ½ small onion chopped/ sliced
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp red chilli sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp green chilli sauce
- ½ cup water – As required
For Garnish
- ¼ cup spring onions (green onions)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl add all purpose flour, crushed ginger, garlic, finely chopped onion, salt, soya sauce and all kinds of finely chopped vegetables and mushrooms. Mix them well and form a batter for making dumplings. Keep sliced vegetables to add in gravy.
- Heat oil in a pan for deep fry. Put ball shaped mixture into oil and fry till it turns golden brown. Remove from pan once done and place on tissue paper to drain out excess oil. After frying all dumplings, once again put the fried balls into hot oil for double frying. This makes the balls crispier.
- Heat a pan on medium heat. Put 3-4 tsp oil. Add crushed or finely chopped ginger, garlic, green chillies, and spring onions. Sauté for 1 min. Add sliced onions. Stir for 1 minute. Put all sliced vegetables. Stir-fry for 2 minutes or until vegetables are tender and crisp.
- Add 1 tsp of soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, vinegar, and ¼ tsp black pepper powder to the frying pan and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Then add 1 cup of water and let it simmer for a while.
- In a small bowl, mix 2 tbsp corn flour with ¼ cup water, and slowly add this starch mixture to the boiling gravy. It will thicken the consistency of the sauce. You can adjust the cornstarch mixture as per the consistency you require.
- If you want dry manchurian, add only ¼ cup of water, then add the cornstarch mixture. If you want, add ¼ to ½ cup of water and simmer for some time. Season with salt as per taste.
- Add the fried manchurian balls to the gravy. Let it boil for 5 minutes. Turn off the gas and remove from heat.
- Garnish with spring onions and vegetable manchurian is ready to be served.