Sep 20, 2011

GOBI MANCHURIAN WITH A TWIST

Ingredients:
Gobi/Cauliflower  - 1 big
Spring onions - 4-5 strings
Red onions - 2
Tomatoes - 3
Capsicum - 1
Potatoes -2
Green chillies - 4
Garlic - 8 pods
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Coriander leaves for garnish
Cornflour - 2 cups
Rice flour - 1 cup
Red chilly powder - 1tbs
Dark soya sauce - 1tbs
Green chilly sauce - 1tbs
Tomato sauce - 5tbs
Ajinamoto / china salt - 1tps
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 2tps
Refined oil - to fry
Water - 4 cups

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Cut the florets of the cauliflower into medium size chunks. Wash them well and keep aside.
2. Finely chop spring onion green leaves part, red onions,capsicum, green chillies-2 , tomatoes.
3. Grind the remaining green chillies, garlic, ginger and make it into a coarse paste.
4. In a bowl put the cauliflower, cornflower 11/2 cups, rice flower, 1/2tsp salt, ground paste, soya sauce,red food colour few drops/
5. Mix them well and add water to coat the cauliflower.
6. Meanwhile boil the potatoes mash them well. Add salt, red chilly powder, ground paste, tomato sauce 5 drops and pinch of salt.
7. Mix them well and make balls. Coat those balls also into the cornflour mixture as the cauliflower was coated.
8. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan for frying the balls and florets.
9. Once the oil gets heated up fry the cauliflower and potato balls.
10. As they turn golden brown take them and transfer to the tissue paper to drain excess oil.
11. In another pan add oil. Once it gets heated up add chopped green chillies, red onions and saute well.
12. Once the onions turn bit transparent put on the green spring onions, capsicum and saute.
13. Add the ground paste. red chilly powder and saute till the smell fades away.
14. Now add the tomatoes mash them well and saute.
15. Add soya sauce, chilly sauce, tomato sauce and saute them.
16. Once the oil leaves the pan add salt, ajinamoto,sugar and water 2 cups.
17. In a small cup mix water and cornflour. Pour the mixture on to the gravy.
18. Lower the flame and keep stirring.
19. Add the cauliflower and potato balls.
20. Mix well.... if u require dry gravy then keep stirring till the water dries up
21. If u want to have it with gravy them add water for gravy consistency.
22. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Serve hot with Fried rice, jeera rice, Shezwan fried rice..

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