Veg Manchurian

Ingredients used in Veg-Manchuria:

•  Garlic (chopped) - 1 tablespoon.
•  Corn flour - 3 tablespoons.
•  Ginger (chopped) - 1 tablespoon.
•  Oil - 1 to fry.
•  Onion (chopped) - 1/2 cup.
•  Pepper powder - 2 teaspoons.
•  Salt - to taste.
•  Cauliflower florets - 50 grams.
•  Carrots - 2 numbers.
•  Sweet and sour sauce - 2 tablespoons.
•  Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon.
•  Spring onion (chopped) - 1 spring.
•  Soya sauce - 3 tablespoons.
•  Sesame oil - 2 tablespoons.
•  Ajinomoto - 1 teaspoon.
•  Capsicum pepper - 2 numbers.
•  Cabbage - 100 grams.
•  Rice (boiled) - 1 cup.
•  Beans - 50 grams.
•  Green chilies (chopped) - 5 numbers.
•  Chili paste - 3 tablespoons.
• Celery - 2 piece.
• Water - as required.

Method:

• Boil /steam finely chopped minced vegetables then strain the excess water (i.e., veg stock) and keep aside.
• Then bind by adding salt, ajinomoto, chopped green chilies, pepper powder, ginger, soya sauce, chili paste, spring onion, boiled rice, corn flour.
• Later, make small lumps with it in the size of a ping-pong ball. Roll in corn flour and deep fry in hot oil.
• Add corn flour, pepper powder, chopped garlic, ginger, a pinch of salt, water accordingly to make a fine batter.
• Now, dip the veg dumplings and deep fry in hot oil. Keep aside.

For the preparation of Sauce:

• Make a paste of corn flour with water.
• Add cumin seeds, 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic, chopped ginger, chopped onion, soya sauce,pepper,chili paste, spring onion,ajinomoto, sweet sauce or sugar stock and cook by thickening with cornflour mixture adding very little at a time.
• At last, add fried dumpling.