Vegetable Manchurian Balls

Vegetable Manchurian Balls is a tasty Indo Chinese dish of fried mixed vegetable balls drenched in a thick, spicy and tangy flavored sauce. This is an awesome and appealing vegan dish with red colored gravy. The dish makes for a tasty Chinese main course that goes well with fried rice, schezwan fried rice or with steamed rice. Manchurian is an Indian term for fried veggies or meat, dipped in a spicy Umami sauce. Chinese dishes are mostly inventions of the Chinese community living in Kolkata. These dishes are largely adapted to suit the Indian palate. Chinese foods are very appealing and you will note the rush for Chinese dishes in top rated hotels and restaurants. Vegetable Manchurian Balls published here is a tried and tested dish. Vegetable Manchurian Balls are made from vegetables like cabbage, carrots, Onions etc. The veggie mixture is rolled out into balls and deep fried crisp. These dishes are easy to prepare with minimum ingredients. You can discover a well detailed recipe here.

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Cuisine

Chinese

Prep Time

45 Minutes (Approx.)

Cook Time

30 Minutes (Approx.)

Servings

People MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

For Manchurian Balls

• Grated Cabbage - 1 Cup
• Grated Carrot - 2 Cups
• Grated Onion - 1/2 Piece
• Maida - 2 Tbsp
• Corn flour - 1 Tbsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 Tsp
• Salt - 1/2 Tsp
• Pepper powder - 1/2 Tsp
• Chilli sauce - 1 Tsp
• Refined oil(As required for frying ) -

For Manchurian Gravy

• Onion(Sliced (cut into Petals)) - 1/2 No.
• Capsicum(Medium size slices) - 1/2 No.
• Spring onion(Cut into small pieces) - 3 Tbsp
• Salt(To taste) -
• Chinese Manchurian Powder - 1 Packet
• Refined oil - 1.5 Tbsp

Cuisine Chinese Prep Time 45 Minutes (Approx.) Cook Time 30 Minutes (Approx.) Servings People MetricUS Imperial Ingredients For Manchurian Balls Grated Cabbage - 1 Cup Grated Carrot - 2 Cups Grated Onion - 1/2 Piece Maida - 2 Tbsp Corn flour - 1 Tbsp Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 Tsp Salt - 1/2 Tsp Pepper powder - 1/2 Tsp Chilli sauce - 1 Tsp Refined oil(As required for frying ) - For Manchurian Gravy Onion(Sliced (cut into Petals)) - 1/2 No. Capsicum(Medium size slices) - 1/2 No. Spring onion(Cut into small pieces) - 3 Tbsp Salt(To taste) - Chinese Manchurian Powder - 1 Packet Refined oil - 1.5 Tbsp

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Instructions

To make Manchurian Balls

1. Mix all ingredients mentioned above except oil for making Manchurian Balls.

   
2. Knead the Ingredients slowly into a dough without giving much pressure as that will increase/release water from the vegetables.

   
3. Make small lemon sized balls from the above dough.

   
4. Heat Oil in a Cheenachatti and fry the balls till the colour of Manchurian Balls turn into brown/golden.

   
5. Keep the fried balls aside

   

For preparing Gravy:

1. Add the Manchurian powder in about 450 Ml. water and mix it without forming lumps.

   
2. Heat some Oil in a Cheenachatti/Kadai and add Onion, Capsicum and Spring Onion pieces into this hot Oil and stir it well.

   
3. When the colour of these vegetables turn light golden, add the prepared mixture of Manchurian Powder into the Cheenachatti/Kadai.

   
4. Boil the gravy for about 3 - 5 minutes till it turns thick in consistancy.

   
5. Now add the prepared Manchurian Balls into this gravy, stir it well and then turn off the stove.

   
6. Garnish the Manchurian with some Spring Onions and serve it hot with Chappathi/Parotta/Fried Rice.

   

Recipe Notes

You can visit this link Gobi Manchurian. You can also visit this link Beef Manchurian.

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