Veg Manchurian Gravy Recipe
Veg Manchurian Gravy is like a Chinese Kofta Curry, the procedure is the same the ingredients are different. A Fried Rice or a Noodles is incomplete without a Manchurian Gravy. The crispy vegetable balls are cooked in the gravy made of flavorful stir fried veggies and spicy and tangy sauces combined together to form a nice thick silky gravy which compliments best with Fried Rice or Noodles
Equipment
- Frying Pan
- Wok or Deep Pan
- Mixing Bowl
- Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Bell Peppers - Green/Yellow/Red Yellow and Red are optional
- 2 tbsp Onions cut in cubes
- 1/4 Cup Spring Onions
- 1 Cup Carrots, Cabbage & Onions roughly chopped
- 2 Nos Green Chilies Chopped
- 1 tbsp Garlic Chopped
- 1 tbsp Ginger Chopped
- 2 tbsp Maida
- 2 tbsp Cornflour
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- ½ tbsp Black Pepper Powder
- 1 tbsp Schezwan Sauce
- 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
- Oil for Deep Frying
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Ingredients
- First of all coarsely grind the veggies for Manchurian balls - Carrots, Onions & Cabbage
- Transfer the coarsely grinded veggies in a mixing bowl and add ginger garlic paste, black pepper powder and salt
- Then add maida and cornflour in portions, and start kneading it like a dough
- Heat oil in a Kadhai and add small balls of the dough and fry them until crispy over a low-medium flame
- fry them on low flame until the balls are crispy brown, Keep turning it around occasionally to cook from all sides
- Once the balls are crispy brown remove them in a kitchen towel
- The crispy manchurian balls are ready
- Heat a Wok or a Deep Kadhai and add 1-2 tbsp of Oil and heat it on a high flame
- Now add chopped garlic, green chillies and ginger and fry them on high flame stirring continuously
- Now add the diced veggies, bell peppers & onions and toss them on high flame stirring continuously
- Once the raw smell is gone from the veggies add soya sauce , schezwan sauce and salt, give it a nice mix
- Now add 1.5 cup water and let it boil
- Add some black pepper and salt as per taste and let it boil
- Add about 1 tbsp of Tomato Sauce
- The gravy has started boiling , check the seasoning and add salt and sauce as required
- Now make cornflour paste, by adding 3 tbsp water to 1 tbsp Cornflour
- Add cornflour paste to the gravy stir it well to get the right consistency, add the cornflour paste in portion and not all at one time
- A nice thick and silky gravy is formed
- Add some chopped spring onions
- Then add manchurian balls and let it cook for 2-3 mins in the gravy on low flame until the gravy soaks in the manchurian balls
- The Veg Manchurian gravy is ready to be served
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Notes
Manchurian Balls should be soaked well in the gravy sauce for better taste and flavors
Do not make a fine paste of the veggies for making Manchurian balls, it has to be coarsely grinded
If you want to make a dry starter than skip adding water in the gravy