"GOBI MANCHURIAN" is one of the most delicious, popular, zestful and beloved food in India. It is an Indian-Chinese recipe. It is deep fried Cauliflower coated with a combined mixture of garlic, chilies, onions, green pepper and a blend of different sauces like soy, vinegar etc. There are basically two stages in preparing this recipe- first is to deep fry cauliflower and second, preparation of sauce. This recipe is time consuming, but it is worth the effort.
Ingredients
1 Medium
cauliflower, chopped into bite size florets
5-8 cloves
of Garlic, minced
2 Green
chilies, finely chopped
Curry leaves
1 Onion,
chopped lengthwise
2 Green Bell
pepper, chopped lengthwise
Salt
1/4th
tsp Ajinomoto
Oil for deep
fry
For the batter
6 - 8 tsp of
corn flour
½ tsp of Red
chili powder
Salt
Water (as
required)
For the sauce
4 tsp Soy
sauce
2 tsp white
vinegar
4 tsp Tomato
ketchup
½ cup of
water
Preparation
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In a bowl, combine corn flour, red chili powder
and salt. Add cauliflower florets and mix well. Sprinkle water as required, just
enough to coat cauliflower florets (some recipes use food color for appearance,
but this recipe doesn’t use food color)
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Heat oil in a heavy bottom vessel and deep fry cauliflower until they are crisp and
light brown
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In a separate
pan, heat 2-3 tsp of oil, add minced garlic,green chilies and curry leaves. Sauté for few
seconds and then add onions and bell pepper and mix well. Leave it for a minute
in high heat setting until they are partially cooked.
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In a bowl, prepare the sauce. Whisk these
ingredients - soy sauce, white vinegar, tomato ketchup and water (you can also
add ½ tsp of corn flour for thick gravy).
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Pour the sauce over onions and bell pepper. Stir
well. In high heat, reduce the sauce into thick consistency. Add salt and
ajinomoto
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Add cauliflower and toss them
v Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve hot
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