Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Veg Manchurian

I have posted recipes on fried rice, noodles.... so i thought a dish accompanying these should also be there...So here i come with yet another Chinese Cuisine,,, which is liked by one and all.....
Here goes the recipe

Ingredients:
For the Manchurian balls:
2-3 boiled potatoes
1 carrot grated
1/2 cup cabbage shredded
1/2 medium sized capsicum finely chopped.
2-3 garlic cloves finely chopped
1 mince of ginger finely chopped
2 green chillies finely chopped
2 tbsp cornflour
Vegetables for the gravy
salt to taste
white pepper powder
oil to fry

For the gravy
1 medium sized capsicum
1/2 medium sized red bell pepper
1/2 medium sized bell pepper
1 medium sized onion
1 bunch of spring onions
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 mince of ginger
2 green chillies
1tbsp of soya sauce
1 tsp all in one sauce (chings)
2-3 cups of vegetable stock
1 pinch of ajinomoto for the taste
1 tbsp of cornflour
2 tbsp cooking oil

Procedure
For the balls:
Take a bowl mash the boiled potatoes+ add in the grated carrot+ chopped capsicum+shredded cabbage+garlic+ginger+green chillies+salt+pepper+cornflour.
Mix all the ingredients well so that the balls can be made properly.
Heat oil in a pan. and deep fry the balls till it turns brown.
Keep them aside on a tissue paper to drain out the excessive oil.

For the gravy
Take a wok/pan, put in 2tbsp oil in it, add in the garlic and saute it till it releases flavour. Now add in the ginger+ slit green chillies.
Now add in the onions and saute it till it turns pink. Now add in the remaining vegetables.(capsicum+bell peppers+ spring onions) cook them all till they get tender.
Mix in the salt + ajinomoto + all the sauces.
Cook them for a while now add in the vegetable stock + 1 tbsp of cornflour to make the consistency of the gravy thick.
Mix them all well... and let it simmer on the stove.
Check the flavours if necessary add in more sauce and the white pepper powder.
Now add in the balls.
Garnish it with spring onions and some capsicum.

Serve it hot with fried rice or noodles.

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