Vegetable Manchurian

Last day, as usual, I was hoping to cook something new. And thanks to the huge blogosphere, I was sure I would find something new. But the problem was, I did not know what to search! :D

Finally, I hopped onto Aipi’s (US Masala) blog. Not only is Aipi a great cook, but she is also an awesome photographer.  And that’s how I fell for her “Vegetable Manchurian”. Thank you gal! :D

I could not follow her recipe ditto as I was out of a few ingredients. Still, it came out awesome. A liked it so much that he ate a lott. Well, it got over the same day :D What more can I ask for.  :)

Ingredients

For the Manchurian balls

•  Cabbage, grated – 1 C
• Carrot, grated – 1 C
• Green beans, chopped – 5
• Onion, sliced – ¾ C
• Garlic, chopped – 3
• Green chilli, chopped – 1
• Soy sauce – 2 t
• All purpose flour – 6 T or as required
• Corn starch – 1 ½ T
• Rice Flour – 1 T
• Salt – to taste
• Black Pepper – to taste
• Oil – to fry

 For the sauce

•  Oil – 2 t
• Ginger, chopped – 1” pc
• Garlic, chopped – 5
• Black pepper powder – a pinch or to taste
• Soy sauce – 2 T
• Tomato Ketchup - 1T
• Sugar – ¾ t
• Corn Starch – 1 T
• Vegetable Broth– 1 ½ C
• Spring Onion, chopped - 2
• Water – if required
• Salt – as required

Method

For the Manchurian balls

•  For frying, heat oil in a deep pan on medium heat.
• Take a large bowl and add cabbage, carrot, onion, beans and garlic to it.
• Mix this mixture well and be careful not to make it mushy.
• To this mixture, add salt, black pepper, soy sauce and continue mixing.
• Add all the flours and mix gently.
• Continue mixing till you can make balls out of this mixture (try to make them immediately as they tend to get soggy if kept for long).
• Make 1 inch sized balls of the mixture.
• Fry these balls in hot oil till they turn a golden brown color on all sides.
• Once done, remove from oil and keep aside.

For the sauce

• On medium high, heat oil in a pan.
• Once hot, add ginger, garlic and green chillies.
• Stir well for over a minute.
• Now add the green onions and continue stirring for a minute.
• Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix corn starch/flour with ¼ C of water.
• Make sure that no lumps are formed.
• To this, add soy sauce, chilli sauce (I did not have any), ketchup and mix well.
• Pour this mixture into the pan.
• Now add black pepper, sugar and vegetable broth (I dint have any of this either, so I made it at home).
• Adjust salt, to your taste.
• Allow the mix to boil and thicken to the required consistency.
• Once done, remove from fire.

For serving

•  Arrange the Manchurian balls on a plate and pour the sauce over it.
• Garnish with the green onions (I had used a little extra :D).

Wohoooo.. Vegetable Manchurian is ready to be served. :D

And I have sent this recipe to Aipi (US Masala) and Priya's (Mharo Rajasthan Recipes) Bookmarked Recipes- Every Tuesday Event. :D  Priya is also another food blogger with a lot of mouth-watering recipes (Of course, there is no need for this intro, everybody knows her).  :) Check her blog too :D

If it was not for Priya, I would have delayed to put up this event link. Cant help! :P There are so many awesome blogs out there that time flies simply blog hopping and I forget my lil' blog here.  :D