Gobi Manchurian (Cauliflower Manchurian Curry)

When indian cuisine mixes with Chinese you get a few indian styled Chinese cuisines. One of them being the Gobi Manchurian! Restaurants always serve this mouth watering dish with so much aroma that you wont think twice about finishing it. :D Guess what! I tried my hands on this superb dish and i can say that it tasted good. Let me pen down, how.

Ingredients
For the batter

All purpose flour/Maida : 1/2 cup
Corn flour : 6 t
Finely chopped garlic : 1/2 t
Finely chopped ginger : 1/2 t
Red chilly powder : 3/4 t
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

For the curry

Cauliflower florets : 4 cups
Chopped onion : 1 cup
Green chilly : 2
Green onions : 1/4 cup
Capsicum : 1/2 t
Finely chopped garlic : 2 t
Finely chopped ginger : 1 t
Coriander leaves : a few
Red chilly powder : 1 t
Soy sauce : 2 T
Green chilly sauce : 2 T
Tomato sauce : 3 T
Oil : 2 T
Salt to taste

Method

To begin with, cut the cauliflower into medium size florets and add it to the boiling water for 5 min.
Remove from heat before it gets overcooked and then drain the water. Keep it aside.
Next, make a thin batter with water using the ingredients, except oil.
Heat oil in a deep bottom pan.
Then dip the florets in the batter and drop it into oil.
Fry them until the florets turn golden brown. Like this repeat the process with the rest of the florets.
Turn both the sides and fry.
Leave enough space between the florets while frying.
Keep them aside.

In a wide pan, heat 2 T of oil.
Add onions and fry till they become translucent.
Now add the ginger and garlic and saute.
Add the chopped green chillies, green onions, chopped bell pepper and toss for a few seconds.
After that add the red chilly powder and salt.
Combine them together and keep on frying till you get rid of the raw smell. The bell pepper should be soft and crispy.
Add soy sauce, green chilly sauce, tomato sauce and 3 to 4 T of water.
Combine them.
Now add the fried cauliflower to it and toss it carefully till the masala sticks to the cauliflower.
Add water, if required.
Leave it for 5mins.
Remove from heat and garnish with coriander and green onions.

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