Recipe

Restaurant Style Veggie Manchurian Gravy

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Ingredients

For Vegetable Balls:

Oil for frying

1 Qty. Capsicum (Grated)

½ Cup OR 1 Qty. Carrot

1 Cup Cabbage (Grated)

⅓ Cup OR 1-2 Qty. Spring Onion

3-4 Qty. Green Chilies Paste

1 Tsp. Salt

1 Tsp Black Pepper Powder

1 Tsp. Ginger Garlic Paste

1 Tsp Soy Sauce

8 Tbsp. All-Purpose Flour

8 Tbsp. Cornflour

For Gravy:

2 Tbsp. Oil

3-5 Qty. Green Chilies

1 Qty. Onion

1 Tbsp. Chopped Garlic

1 Qty. Capsicum

1 Tbsp. Red Chili Sauce

1 Tbsp. Tomato Ketchup

1 Tbsp. Schezwan Sauce

1 Tsp. Soy Sauce

1 Tsp. Black Pepper Powder

½ Tsp. Salt

2 Tbsp. Cornflour

Chicken Cube (Optional)

Fried vegetable balls in a sweet, tangy, and spicy sauce. Veggie Manchurian is always a welcome addition to the weekend dinner table or family parties!

Instructions

Making Vegetable Balls

1) In a bowl, add carrots, cabbage, capsicum, and spring onions.

2) Add in soy sauce, ginger garlic paste, green chili paste, cornflour, all-purpose flour, flour, salt, and black pepper. Mix well

3) Press lightly and knead until the mixture is able to hold its form.

4) Take a small portion of the mixture and roll it into a ball.

5) Set aside.

Frying Veggie Balls

1) In a frying pan, heat some oil until medium.

2) Place the veggie balls in the oil and cook until golden brown and crispy on all sides

3) Remove, drain oil, and set aside.

Making Sauce Or Gravy

1) In a pan/wok, heat some oil and add onions, garlic, green chilies. Cook for 1 minute on high heat.

2) Add capsicum and cook for 1 minute.

3) Add ketchup, schezwan sauce, red chili sauce, soy sauce, salt, and black pepper. Cook for 1 minute.

4) Add in the chicken cube to enhance the flavor of the gravy (OPTIONAL).

5) In a separate bowl, add cornflour and water to form a slurry and mix it in the gravy.

6) Add in half a cup of water if the gravy seems too thick.

7) Cook for 2-3 minutes or until the cornflour flavor is gone.

8) Turn off the heat and mix in the vegetable balls until they’re coated well in the gravy.

9) Garnish with Spring onion greens and serve it up!

Fried vegetable balls in a sweet, tangy, and spicy sauce. Veggie Manchurian is always a welcome addition to the weekend dinner table or family parties!

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