Dry Manchurian

I'm a big time food-lover, specially when it comes to Indo-Chinese dishes, it goes irresistible for me! And so I prefer making them often in-house rather than eating-it-out in some restaurant... :) 

Making "Dry Manchurian" brings smile on my face everytime! Remembering the day when I made it for my husband before we got married, and that was the 1st dish I cooked for him!!! He simply loved it due to so-perfect taste and texture... See, I'm blushing even while writing it :) 

Makes: 2 servings

INGREDIENTS:

For Manchurian Balls--

1 cup Shredded cabbage

1 cup Finely chopped carrots

1/4 cup Finely chopped capsicum

2 tbsp Plain Flour

2 tbsp Cornstarch

1 tbsp Chopped Spring Onions (greens)

Salt, to taste

1/2 tsp Black pepper powder

For Slurry--

1 tbsp Cornstarch

3 tbsp Water

2 tsp Soya sauce

2 tsp Red chilly sauce

Salt, to taste

A pinch of Aji no moto (MSG)

For Gravy--

2 tsp Cooking Oil

2 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

1 tsp Chopped green chillies

1 tbsp Capsicum (cut into small cubes)

1 tbsp Chopped Spring Onions (whites)

Spring onion greens, to garnish

STEPS TO FOLLOW:

- Take all veggies of Manchurian balls in a bowl, sprinkle salt over it and keep aside for around 10 mins.

- Squeeze the mixture and remove excess water. Add plain flour, cornstarch, spring onion greens and black pepper powder. Mix everything well.

- Divide the mixture in 12 small balls and fry on high flame till its dark brown in color.

- Mix all ingredients of slurry and stir it well to make sure its lump-free.

- Heat oil in pan and add ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chillies and capsicum. Saute it for a while and add whites of spring onions. Stir-fry it for half min on high flame.

- Add prepared slurry into it and stir fast. Immediately add the Manchurian balls. Mix well and make each ball is well-coated with the gravy.

- Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot.

Another funny incident related to this dish makes me laugh aloud!!!

Recalling the day when I cooked it for my brother-in-law (IAG), using leftover rice (unoptionally), naming it 'Rice Manchurian' ;) My father-in-law praised my efforts on every bite he had (I simply love him for tat), which I knew was a big disaster defined by IAG! He still pulls my leg at times laughing on it :P 

IAG... Recipe for super-like "Rice Manchurian" will be posted soon ;)

SJ's NOTE:

- Add salt only if required as soya sauce contains enough amount of salt for a dish.

- To make gravy Manchurian, increase the amount of water (in slurry) to 1 cup.