Monday, October 5, 2015

Gobi Manchurian

Gobi Manchurian


               
                             Gobi Manchurian is a very popular Indo Chinese dish made with cauliflower. Gobi manchurian (gravy) is a fantastic side dish for vegetable fried rice and the dry version can be served as a snack. 

Ingredients needed:
  • Cauliflower florets - 3 cups
  • Ginger-garlic paste -1 tsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Chilli powder - as needed
  • Spring onions - few
  • Oil - for deep frying
For the batter 
  • All purpose flour/Maida -1 cup
  • Cornflour -1/2 cup
  • Rice flour -4 tbsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Chilli powder - as needed
For the sauce
  • Oil -1 tbsp
  • Garlic - few (Chopped)
  • Green chilli - 1 tbsp(Chopped)
  • Onion -1(Finely chopped)
  • Capcicum - 1 (cut into Strips)
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Spring onion green -3 tbsp
  • Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp
  • Soya sauce - 1 tbsp
For the gravy 
  • Cornflour - 1 tbsp
  • Water - 1 cup
Method:
  • Cut cauliflower into florets and put them in boiling salt water for a 3-4 minutes. Drain the water and pat it dry with a kitchen towel.
  • Marinate the cauliflower (gobi) with ginger garlic paste, little salt and chilli powder. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
  • Finely chop onion, chilli, garlic and spring onions.
  • Mix maida, cornflour, rice flour, salt and chilli powder with little water to make a paste first.Then add more water and make a thin batter. The batter should coat the cauliflower, so it should not be too thin.
  • Dip the Gobi florets in the batter completely and deep fry them until golden brown. Drain the oil and spread them on a paper towel.
  • Heat oil, fry garlic, followed by chilli, ginger and onions in high heat. Add spring onion greens, capsicum, chilli powder, tomato sauce, soya sauce and need salt.
  • Then add the fried gobi and mix well. This is dry version of manchurian.
  • If u want to make gravy version proceed to last step ,mix 1 tbsp of cornflour in 1 cup of water without lumps. Now add this to the above and cook till you get your desired consistency. Garnish with spring onions.
  • Serve hot with fried rice or noodles.




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