Veg Manchurian with Gravy

Veg Manchurian is an indo chinese fusion recipe. Indo chinese fusion?!?!

It is nothing but a technique where chinese dishes are customized on to the indian taste.
This vegetable manchurian is one such recipe. Deep fried vegetable balls dipped in gravy/soup served with noodles or fried rice or Roti...

A healthy recipe and popular Indian-Chinese staple cooked with fresh mixed vegetables and crunchy capsicum. This dish not only pleasing to the eye but also are yummy and nutrition wise a big thumbs up to it. Vegetable ball you can take any vegetable available in your local

Ingredients:

For The Vegetable Balls
Finely chopped cabbage 3 cups 
Grated Carrot 1 1/4 cups  (I prefer to chop)
Finely chopped bell pepper ½ cup 
Finely chopped spring onion/scallion greens ¼ cup (or you can take 1/2 cup chopped onions)
Cornflour 2 tbsp 
Plain flour 5 tbsp
Finely chopped garlic 1 tbsp
Finely chopped green chillies 2 tsp 
Salt to taste
Oil for deep-frying

For The Sauce
Finely chopped garlic  1 tbsp 
Finely chopped green chillies 2 tsp 
Finely chopped ginger 2 tsp 
Onion or spring onion 2 tbsp 
Finely chopped celery (optional) 1 tbsp 
Clear vegetable stock or water 1 cup 
Soy sauce 1 tbsp 
Vinegar ½ tbsp 
Cornflour  1 tbsp (dissolved in 2 tbsp water)
Freshly crushed black pepper ½ tsp
Sugar 2 pinches (optional)
Oil 2 tbsp 
Salt to taste

Method:

For the vegetable balls

1. Combine all the ingredients (listed under vegetable ball list) in a bowl and mix well using your hands. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
2. Shape spoonfuls of the mixture into small balls.
3. Deep fry a few balls at a time in hot oil until golden brown. 
4. Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.

For the sauce

1. Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan on a high flame. 
2. Add the onions, ginger, garlic, chilies, celery and stir fry over a high flame for a few seconds. (No need to brown them)
3. Add the stock, soya sauce, crushed black pepper.
4. Add the cornflour paste to thicken the sauce.
5. Thicken the sauce to your desired consistency. (You can add water if you dont want to have thin sauce)
6. Add vinegar, salt, sugar and simmer for a few minutes.
7. Add fried veg balls and simmer for a minute

Serve veg manchurian garnished with spring onion greens.

If you want crispiness in the veg ball along with gravy, then just before serving, put the vegetable balls in the sauce and bring to a boil. Serve hot.