Veg Manchurian

This popular Indo-Chinese dish is a mouth watering combination of fried vegetable balls in a garlic and soya sauce based gravy. Adapted from Tarla Dalal recipes. 

What you'll need..
For Manchurian (Makes 10-11)

• 1 Cup cabbage, finely chopped
• 1/4 Cup green onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 Cup green beans, finely chopped
• 1/2 Cup carrots, grated
• 1/2 Tsp black pepper
• 1 Tsp soya sauce
• 1 Tsp vinegar
• 1 Tbsp ginger-garlic-chilli paste
• 1/3 Cup maida (All purpose flour)
• 2 Tbsp corn starch
• Oil for frying
• Salt to taste

For Gravy

• 2 Tbsp soya sauce
• 1 Tbsp vinegar
• 1 and 1/2 Tbsp ketchup
• 1 Tsp chilli sauce
• 1/2 Tsp dried red chilli flakes
• 1/2 Tsp sugar
• 1 Tsp garlic, finely chopped
• 1 Green onion, thinly sliced into rounds
• 1 and 1/2 Cup water

How to..

• Mix all the manchurian ingredients together, except oil, in a large bowl along with a little water to form a thick batter.
• Heat oil for frying. 
• Form the batter into little golf ball sized balls and drop them carefully into the hot oil. 
• Fry for a few minutes till crispy and brown and then remove from heat onto a paper towel.
• Whisk together all the ingredients for gravy, except green onions, in a separate bowl.
• Add this to a non stick saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add the green onions and simmer for 2-3 minutes till the gravy thickens. 
• Add the fried manchurian balls to the gravy and serve hot with fried rice or noodles.

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