Gobi Manchurian is a popular Indian and Chinese recipe that is filled with so much flavor and deliciousness. This food is available in almost all the near restaurant that served Indian and Chinese cuisines.
Is Gobi Manchurian good for health?
Gobi Manchurian is a good healthy diet as it is prepared from vegetables that are very rich in vitamins, minerals and other food nutrients that help the body to resist infections, provide energy, repair worn out tissues and help in blood clot.
Gobi Manchurian also has a high amount of fiber that aid in easy digestion.
What is Manchurian sauce made of?
In order to beat that price from buying the food from the restaurant, you can easily get your recipes and start making this popular Indian dish from your kitchen. The preparation can be made in two ways by tossing fried cauliflower florets in a spicy, sweet-sour, umami sauce.
Ingredients
- For pan frying Gobi florets
- 1 cauliflower – medium head
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 4 tablespoon cornstarch (known as cornflour in India)
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder (ground black pepper)
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder or deghi mirch (can about 1 teaspoon to get a good color. But this will also increase the heat a bit.)
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce – naturally brewed
- 1 cup water or add as required
- 5 to 6 tablespoons oil – for pan frying
2. Other ingredients to use
- ¾ cup chopped spring onion (scallion whites) – reserve the greens for garnish
- ½ cup finely chopped capsicum (green bell pepper)
- 1.5 inch ginger – finely chopped or 3 teaspoons finely chopped ginger
- 8 to 10 garlic – medium-sized cloves, finely chopped or 3 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
- 2 green chilies finely chopped or 1 teaspoon finely chopped green chilies
- ½ tablespoon finely chopped celery (optional)
- 1.5 tablespoon light soy sauce or ½ to 1 tablespoon soy sauce, add as per your taste
- 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup or add as required
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar or ½ teaspoon white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon black pepper powder (ground black pepper)
- salt as required
Steps to preparation of Gobi Manchurian
Preparing Cauliflower Florets
- Firstly chop or break the gobi (cauliflower) in medium or small sized florets.
- Heat water with salt and boil it. Rinse the cauliflower florets and add them to the hot water.
- Let them get blanched in the water for 15 to 20 minutes and then drain the water and keep aside.
Pan Frying Cauliflower Florets
- In a bowl mix together the ingredients for making the batter using an all-purpose flour, cornstarch, soy sauce, black pepper, kashmiri red chili powder and salt.
- Add water and whisk to make a smooth batter without any lumps.
- Dip each cauliflower floret in the batter.
- Fry the batter coated cauliflower florets in hot oil of about 6 tablespoon full of cooking oil.
- While stirring the frying, add the spring onions etc.
- You can also deep fry or shallow fry. I have fried in batches of three. So depending on the size of your pan, you can fry at once or in batches. This frying takes some time.
- When one side gets cooked and crisp, turn over each cauliflower florets and pan fry the uncooked sides.
- Flip for a couple of times more, so that the cauliflower florets are evenly fried and light golden.
- Drain the fried cauliflower florets on a kitchen paper towel. Fry all the cauliflower florets this way in batches.
Making Gobi Manchurian
- No need to add any oil again as there will be some oil remaining in wok or pan. To the same wok or pan, add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies. Sauté for some seconds till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic go away.
- Then add the chopped spring onions and capsicum. Add chopped celery if using. Increase the heat and stir fry till the capsicum is half cooked or almost cooked.
- Add soy sauce, tomato ketchup, black pepper and salt. Stir.
- Add the pan fried cauliflower florets.
- Mix very well ensuring that the spiced sauce coats the fried cauliflower florets well.
- Lastly add rice vinegar and stir well. Switch off the heat. Check the taste and add more of soy sauce or tomato ketchup as per your taste.
- Mix in the chopped spring onions greens or garnish with them while serving cauliflower manchurian.
Your Gobi Manchurian is ready and can be served dry as a snack or as a side dish with vegetable fried rice or mushroom fried rice or vegetable hakka noodles or vegetable noodles.
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