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Veg Manchurian | Veg Manchurian Recipe (Dry & Gravy)

Veg Manchurian Recipe is a popular Indo- Chinese recipe made with mixed vegetables which are shaped into balls, fried and coated in a tangy spicy sauce. This veg manchurian balls makes perfect side dish with fried rice and noodles. In this recipe for veg machurian, learn how to make both veg manchurian dry and gravy with step by step pictures.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese, Indo Chinese
Servings 4 servings
Calories 243 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Cooking pot
  • Deep Fry Pot

Ingredients
  

For Veg Manchurian Balls

  • 3 cups Mixed Vegetables finely chopped
  • ½ cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chilli flakes

For Manchurian Sauce

  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Garlic finely chopped
  • 3 no Spring Onion White part (finely chopped )
  • 3 no Green Chillies chopped finely
  • 3 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon Salt or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chilli flakes
  • 3 no Spring Onion Green part

For Veg Manchurian (Gravy Version)

  • 2 teaspoon Cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoon Water for mixing cornstarch
  • 1 cup Water to add into the manchurian sauce, for making gravy

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a pan, add in chopped veggies and saute it for couple of mins. Remove it to a bowl and cool it down. Add in flour, salt, chilli flakes and mix it well. Shape it into balls. Now heat oil for deep frying, drop the balls in and fry till golden brown. Drain onto some paper towel and set aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add in spring onion white part, ginger, garlic and chillies, saute for 2 to 3 mins. Add in all the sauces, salt, sugar, chilli flakes and mix well.
  • Now add in the fried balls and toss well in the sauce. Now add in spring onion greens and mix well. Serve hot.

For Making Veg Manchurian Gravy

  • if you want to make veg manchurian gravy. Add 1 cup of water into the sauce and bring it to a full boil. Now mix 2 teaspoon of cornstarch with 3 tablespoon of cold water. Add this slurry into the sauce and cook till it thickens. Now add in the veg manchurian and toss well. Serve.

Notes

  • Make sure you chop vegetables very fine. So it incorporates evenly into the balls.
  • Shape veg manchurian balls small size. So when you fry them, it cooks evenly.
  • Always taste and adjust the seasoning of the sauce.
  • Fry the manchurian balls on medium heat till golden and crispy.
  • Instead of deep frying, you can shallow fry or air fry the balls.
  • Make sure you add the fried manchurian balls in the manchurian sauce right before serving so it doesn't go soggy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 243kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 7gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.03gSodium: 1146mgPotassium: 380mgFiber: 6gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 7301IUVitamin C: 16mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 2mg
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