Veg Manchurian

Indo-Chinese a fusion between of Chinese food to match the Indian taste buds. Sweet , sour tangy ..supremely addictive. There is so much of room to experiment here. 

Here I have experimented with the manchurian balls adding multiple veggies, you can make them just using cabbage as well which  I do quite often. 

Garlic and spring onion form a major component in this cuisine but it taste equally taste even in its absence.

 

I substitute with using lots of ginger and celery. I bet you if you miss them!!

Ingredients

For Manchurian balls

2 cups of fined chopped assorted veggies

I used : cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, bell pepper, 1 green chilli, ginger

Salt to taste

1 tsp cornflour

2-3 tbsp All purpose flour

For gravy

Roughly chopped red , green bell pepper

1 tsp chopped ginger

2 tbsp chopped celery

1 slitter green chilli

1 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tsp soy sauce

1 tsp chili sauce

1 tsp Cornflour

1 tsp brown sugar ( optional)

1 cup water( depending upon the consistency)

Procedure

Finely chop the veggies you want to put in the balls. I used the ingredients as mentioned above. I generally use fine hand shredder but today I used my electric mini chopper. To this add other ingredients mention under manchurian balls and make a dough just that the are binding well to make balls. 

If you plan to deep fry it, Make sure to rub it with extra dry cornflour/ cornstarch.

 I have used my Appe pan to shallow fry, this pan give a deep fry texture to the item with just about  a tsp of oil. I am in Love with this pan of mine. 

Make the balls and lightly dust it with cornflour and immediately fry them, else they tend to leave water and will become difficult to handle. Fry them on medium flame till golden brown. Take them on a tissue to soak excess oil.

For making gravy:

Take a wok , add little oil, just enough to saute the veggies. Once oil is hot, add ginger and celery, let it cook for a min then add bell pepper and again let it cook for another couple of minutes.

In a small bowl add all the sauces and sugar and give it a good stir. Now add this sauce mix to the wok and let it cook for a min. 

Now in bowl take cornflour and add water and mix well, add this liquid to the wok and let it cook for sometime. 

Do not make it to to dry else when the balls go in it will soak up all and will turn to be extremely dry. Once cooked add the Manchurian balls in it and give it a good stir. Serve immediately with your choice of rice or noodle.

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