Chinese Vegetable Manchurian

Ingredients for Veg Manchurian Balls

• Cabbage - 2 cup (grated)
• Carrot - 1 cup (grated)
• Capsicum - 1 (grated)
• Green chilly - 1 (finely chopped)
• Black pepper - 2 pinch
• Corn flour - 4-5 tbsp
• Soya sauce - 1 tsp
• Ajinomoto - 2 pinch (not preferable) 
• Salt - as per the taste 
• Green coriander - 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
• Oil - to fry Manchurian balls

Ingredients for Manchurian Sauce

• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Ginger - 1 inch piece (grated)
• Green chilly - 1-2 (finely chopped)
• Soya sauce - 1 tbsp
• Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp
• Chilly sauce - ½ - 1 tsp
• Sugar - ½ - 1 tsp
• Ajinomoto - 2 pinch (not preferable) 
• Salt - as per your taste (½ tsp)
• Vinegar - 1 tsp
• Green coriander - 1 tbsp (finely chopped)

By taking finely grated different vegetable( I took cabbage, carrot, capsicum, gobi ,beans, green chillies and onion). Take a utensil and add these grated vegetables and start adding 4 to 5 tbsp of cornflour and limited water for the proper consistency, add 2 pinch of salt ,2 pinch of black pepper powder, 1tsp of soya sauce. Mix well and wrap a paper cover and allow it for 15 min. Meanwhile  take a heavy bottom pan with oil and allow it for boiling.   .  With this, start preparing for your Manchurian sauce. 

For the manchurian sauce: Take one heavy pan. add 2 tbsp of oil, Ginger and garlic pieces ( finely chopped ) green chillies and onions ( sliced slantly ). 1tbsp of soya sauce, 2tbsp of tomato sauce and 1tsp of chilly sauce. Add half tsp of sugar and salt as per your taste. Vinegar 1 tsp and Green coriander - 1 tbsp (finely chopped).

After preparing this, start making small balls of vegetable and corn flour mix. Now add one manchurian ball for frying to check whether it splatters or not. If the ball splatters then add 1-2 tbsp corn flour more. Add as much manchurian balls in the pan as possible at one time and cook till they get golden brown color.  Prepare all manchurian balls like wise.When it starts boiling, reduce the flame to minimum and cook for 2 minutes more. Add manchurian balls in the gravy and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

Garnish the food with Lemon, Tomato, cabbage, onion, and coriander leaves.  

 Chinese vegetable manchurian is ready. Serve yummy chinese veg manchurian and enjoy eating it. :)

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