Veg Manchurian

Ingredients:

For Vegetable Dumplings:

Finely chopped mixed vegetables(either chopped in blender or grated)

(carrorts,cabbage,celery,cauliflower,beans,capsicum)

Pepper powdered

Corn Flour

Chopped green chilli

Spring Onion- 1 sping

Chopped Ginger

Soya Sauce-4 tbsp

Chilli paste-3tbsp

Ajinamoto-1 pinch

Salt to taste

Boiled rice- 1cup

Method:

In a pan take very little water and add all these finely chopped mix vegetables.Cover it with lid and let it steam for some time till vegetables become soft.

Drain the steam vegetables in a muslin cloth and squeeze them well.Do not throw water which you squeezed.Used it as vegetable stock for making manchurian sauce.

Now to the vegetables add little salt,pinch of ajinamoto,chopped green chilli,pepper pwdr,chopped ginger,little soya sauce,chilli paste,some spring onion,add some boiled rice and mashed it up and add handful of corn flour.Mix the mixture well and make small round dumplings.

Fry these dumplings till they are golden brown. If your dumplings break while frying, mix little more boiled rice to your vegetable mixture and mashed it,mix well and make dumplings.

For Cauliflower Manchurian:

Take litte cornflour,pinch of pepper pwdr,chilli sauce,little chopped garlic and ginger,add little water and make to make a fine paste.Mix well.Dip cauliflower florets in it and deep fry them them.

For Manchurian Sauce:

Green chillies

Soya sauce

Chilli paste

Pepper pwdr

Chopped garlic

Chopped ginger

Spring onions

Salt to taste

Onions(chopped)-1

Ajinamoto-pinch

Sugar(use if sweet sour sauce not available)

Sesame oil/other oil-2 tbsp

Sweet and Sour sauce-1 tbsp

Vegetable stock/water

Corn flour

(take some cornflour n mix some water to it.)

Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds,chopped garlic,ginger,chopped onion,chopped green chilli,little pepper pwdr,little soya sauce, sweet& sour sauce,chilli paste,pinch of ajinamoto and add very little salt,chopped spring onions.Mix well.

Divide the manchurian sauce into two.

Heat half portion of sauce mixture in pan and add vegetable dumplings.Mix well and manchurian dry is ready to serve.

In another pan take other half sauce mixture,heat it, add vegetable stock,add little salt if desired,little soya sauce.Let it boil and add cornflour mixture to thicken the sauce and add fried cauliflower florets.Add cauliflower florets to manchurian sauce just before serving.Cauliflower manchurian is ready.

Serve hot with noodles or rice.