Vegetable Manchurian

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Posted by Sree

Ingredients

• Carrot - 1/2 cup (grated)
• Cabbage - 2 cups (grated)
• Green Chillies - 4 (chopped)
• Onion - 1 medium sized
• Garlic - 1 tbsp (chopped fine)
• Soya Sauce - 1 1/2 tbsp
• Pepper - 1/2 tsp
• Cornflour - 3 tbsp
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Ajinomoto - 1/2 tsp
• Sufficient Salt (1/2 tsp is enough for this quantity)

Method

1. Squeeze out water from grated cabbage & carrot.
2. Add 2 tbsp cornflour and make balls.
3. Deep fry these balls and keep aside.
4. Heat oil in a saucepan, add chopped onion, garlic & green chilies. Saute until onions are transparent.
5. Add pepper, salt, ajinomoto, soya sauce, sugar and some water and let boil for 2 minuites.
6. In the remaining cornflour, add some cold water and make a paste. Add this paste to the boiling liquid and thicken the sauce.
7. Add deep fried balls and cook for 3-5 mins on medium flame.
8. Serve hot with noodles.

Note: After squeezing out the water, make sure that the grated cabbage & carrot are moist enough to shape into balls. If they appear too dry, add 1 beaten egg or Maida floor and make balls