Manchurian is the name pertaining to the large geographical area in North east Asia. It is called as Manchuria and the people as manchurians. Also it was beleived that many years ago people from China lived in Kolkata for a century. And they introduced Chinese cooking techniques in some recipes and it was named as Indo – Chinese cuisine. Gobi manchurian is the recipe in which the cauliflower florets are mixed in a spicy sauce. I have tasted the manchurian variety only once before my marriage. I normally prefer Chilli gobi or Chilli paneer or baby corn fry. But after my wedding whenever we go the hotel, we will order for any manchurian variety and I became a hardcore fan for this recipe. So Iwanted to make a try at home and finally the recipe is here. You can serve this recipe with roti or rice varieties like fried rice, szechuan fried rice, jeera rice etc.,
INGREDIENTS
To Fry
Cauliflower – 1 small
All purpose flour- 3/4 cup
Soya Sauce – 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Water – To make paste
Salt – To taste
For Gravy
All purpose flour – 1/4 cup
Soya Sauce – 2 tbsp
Tomato Sauce – 2 tbsp
Green chillies -2
Onion- 2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander – To garnish
Water
Salt – To taste
Oil
Step 1
- Separate the florets one by one and remove the thick stem.
- Wash it well and boil it in salt water for 5 minutes.This will help to remove the worms that are present inside.
- Drain the water completely.
Step 2
- In a pan add oil and heat it in low flame. Meanwhile prepare the mixture for deep frying.
- In a bowl mix all the ingredients given under to fry except the cauliflower.
- The batter should neither be too thick nor too watery.
- Now dip the cauliflower florets into the batter and deep fry in the oil.
- Cook it in low to medium flame so that it doesn’t turn black.
- When it turns golden brown, remove it and spread it on a plate with tissue paper.
- So that the excess oil is absorbed.
- Repeat it for all the florets.
Step 3
- In a kadai, add oil and saute the onions until they turn golden brown or till they become translucent.
- Then add the ginger garlic paste, green chillies and saute until the raw smell goes off.
- Mix the all purpose flour with little water and add into the kadai.
- Also add soya sauce and tomato sauce and cook in medium flame for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Finally add the fried cauliflower and mix well . Add water is necessary .
- Garnish it with coriander before serving.
Note:
- You can add equal measure of all purpose flour and corn flour for deep frying.
- Garnishing can be done with spring onions too.
