How to make Manchurian

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It is spicy, it is both sweet and sour and a favorite starter dish; Manchurian tickles taste buds leaving you wanting more and more! Today, an indo-Chinese dish, Manchurian is originally a Chinese dish which has been altered with Indian flavors to suit Indian taste.

For all those drooling fans of Manchurian; this is your chance to learn how to make Manchurian at home itself! Yes, you heard us right; most of the times you get to eat your favorite Manchurian only when you go to a restaurant. But this weekend, try something different, make Manchurian at home and enjoy it sitting in comforts if your home.

Manchurian can be both veg and non-veg. Veg-Manchurian is mostly stuffed with cabbage, carrots or mushroom and non-veg, with chicken. Here, I am going to share with you recipe for Veg-Manchurian:

You will need:

Finely chop and mince your vegetables- Cut about 2 cups of cabbage, carrot, capsicum and French beans
Slice one medium sized onion
About 2 tbspn of finely chopped ginger
1 tbspn of finely chopped garlic
4 tbspn of Soya Sauce
1/4^th cup of maida
3 tbspn of corn flour
2 tbspn vinegar
2 green chillies
Chilli powder
A pinch of Ajino Moto
Salt to taste

Preparation:

In a bowl mix your minced vegetables with salt to taste, ¼ tbspn each of ginger and garlic paste. Add maida to it, mix well and make small balls. The maida helps keep the vegetables together.
Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the vegetable balls till golden brown
Keeping the fried balls aside, again heat some oil, pop in the rest of ginger and garlic paste, chilies and sauté them for about 2-3 minutes
Add diced onions and salt to taste
After frying them for 2-3 minutes, pour in about 1 ½ cups of water and bring it to boil.
Make the corn flour mixture: Add one tbspn of cornflour to 1/4^th cup of warm water. Stir it properly so that there are no lumps.
Add the corn flour carefully; make sure there are no lumps. Add it slowly to the gravy and keep it stirring constantly.
Simmer the gravy for about 4-5 minutes until it becomes transparent
Add in the vegetable balls
Add the soya sauce
Boil till you get the desired consistency. Always remember that the gravy is going to reduce and become thicker once it cools down so, maintain thickness of your gravy keeping that in mind.

Viola! Your veg-manchurian is ready; serve it hot with either noodles or vegetable fried rice. If you want to try something different than the regular vegetables, you can go for mushrooms too. The recipe remains the same; just instead of cabbage, you can fill in with mushrooms. For all those non-vegetarians, nothing tastes better thanchicken Manchurian!

For now, a tasty treat of veg-manchurian is ready for you to feast on.

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