Gobi Manchurian / Cauliflower Manchurian

Gobi Manchurian, also known as Cauliflower Manchurian is a delicious Indo Chinese appetizer. Gobi Manchurian is the result of the reworking of Chinese cooking and seasoning techniques to suit Indian tastes.

          They are prepared in two stages, the first stage requires preparing a spiced corn flour batter, and cauliflower florets are then dipped in it and are deep fried.  In the second stage, the deep fried florets are sautéed with chopped onion, capsicum, garlic, etc in soy and chili sauce. There are two different variants of it, dry and with gravy. Unlike the gravy version, the dry gobi manchurian makes a great party snack.

          This dish is quite close to my heart as its one of my Dad’s favorite dish. He loves my Gobi Manchurian a lot. I have included a detailed recipe of this amazing dish. I hope you enjoy making and eating them.

Ingredients:

For Frying

Cauliflower florets / Gobi, small sized – 15 nos
Corn flour - 3 tablespoons
All-purpose flour/ Maida - 5 tablespoons

Egg – 1 whole
Water – 2 tablespoons
Black pepper powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

For Manchurian Sauce

Spring onions, chopped - ½ cup

Onions, Cubed – ½ cup

Capsicum / Green Bell Pepper, Cubed – ½ cup 
Garlic, finely chopped - 1 tablespoon
Ginger, finely chopped - 2 teaspoons

Green chillies, finely chopped - 2 teaspoons
Corn flour - 1 tablespoon
Water  - 1 cup
Tomato ketchup - 1 tablespoon
Red chilli sauce - 1 teaspoon

Soya Sauce - 1 teaspoon
Cooking oil - 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil in a wok or a pan, while the oil gets heated, mix the corn flour, egg, all-purpose flour /Maida, pepper and salt in water. Now the cauliflower florets till all the florets get coated with the flour mixture. Then fry in oil (5 at a time) until golden brown. Remove from oil and drain in paper towels. Keep aside.

For making the sauce, mix the corn flour with ¼ cup of water. Add soya sauce, ketchup, chilli sauce and salt. Heat oil in a wok or frying pan on high heat; add garlic, ginger, green chillies, onion and capsicum / green bell pepper stir fry for a few seconds. Now add the corn flour mixture to the above and cook for a few minutes until the corn flour is cooked and the sauce become thick. You could now turn off heat. Toss the fried cauliflower with the Manchurian Sauce and serve.

Garnish with spring onion leaves. Serve Hot!!!