Gobi Manchurian
Gobi Manchurian is a popular Indo Chinese dish of fried cauliflower florets in a spicy, sweet and sour sauce.
Ingredients
For pan frying Gobi Florets
- 1 cauliflower medium head
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 4 tablespoon cornstarch or corn flour
- ¼ tsp black pepper grinded
- ¼ to ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 cup water or add as required
- 5 to 6 tbsp oil for pan frying
Others for curry
- ¾ cup spring onion chopped reserve the greens for garnish
- ½ cup capsicum finely chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger finely chopped
- 8 to 10 garlic finely chopped
- 2 green chilies finely chopped
- ½ tbsp celery finely chopped
- ½ to 1 tbsp soy sauce adjust according to your taste
- 1 tbsp tomato ketchup or add as required
- ½ tsp white vinegar
- ¼ to ½ tsp black pepper powder
- salt as required
Instructions
Preparing Cauliflower Florets
- Firstly chop or break the gobi (cauliflower) in medium or small sized florets.
- Heat water with salt and boil it. Rinse the cauliflower florets
- and add them to the hot water for 15 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
Pan Frying Gobi Florets
- In a bowl add all purpose flour, cornstarch, soy sauce, black pepper, kashmiri red chili powder and salt.
- Add water and whisk to make a smooth batter without any lumps.
- Dip cauliflower floret in the batter. Now fry cauliflower florets in hot oil.
- You can also deep fry. When one side gets cooked and crisp, turn over each cauliflower florets and pan fry the uncooked sides.
- Flip for a couple of times more, so that the cauliflower florets are evenly fried and light golden.
- Drain the fried cauliflower florets on a kitchen paper towel.
- Fry all the cauliflower florets this way in batches.
Making Gobi Manchurian
- Add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies in the same pan in which gobhi was fried.
- Sauté for some seconds till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic in gone.
- Now add the chopped spring onions and capsicum.
- Add chopped celery (if using).
- Increase the heat and stir fry till the capsicum is half cooked.
- Add soy sauce, tomato ketchup, black pepper and salt. Mix well.
- Add cauliflower florets. Mix well so that spiced sauce coats the fried cauliflower florets well.
- Lastly add vinegar and stir well. Switch off the heat.
- Check the taste and add more of soy sauce or tomato ketchup as per your taste.
- Mix in the chopped spring onions greens or garnish with them while serving cauliflower Manchurian.
- Serve Dry Gobi Manchurian as a snack or as a side dish with veg fried rice or mushroom fried rice or noodles.
Notes
You can even use red or yellow bell peppers.
Instead of spring onions, you can use white onions or red onions or shallots.
Whole wheat flour can be used instead of all purpose flour (maida).
Fry the cauliflower florets on medium heat.
Instead of spring onions, you can use white onions or red onions or shallots.
Whole wheat flour can be used instead of all purpose flour (maida).
Fry the cauliflower florets on medium heat.
Nutrition
Calories: 368kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 7gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.1gSodium: 372mgPotassium: 603mgFiber: 6gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 795IUVitamin C: 101mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 3mg
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