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As Sunitha has already mentioned,  in our previous post, Chinese food always reminds us of Mangalore's Hao Ming and Hao Hao. Two restaurants most of us friends in college frequented. Little did I know that it was just the beginning.  Chinese food is a favorite around India and I have lost count of the number of chinese joints I have frequented since college times.  I am sure you will agree most of us Indians like Chinese food. A lot! So now we have invented all these Indo- Chinese dishes like Manchurian, which probably is a universal favorite. You might also have seen endless versions of Gobi Manchurian. I am no different and try many variations myself.  Nevertheless, today's recipe is one of our favorites at home and my children love it.

   Stir up some fun this weekend with Gobi Manchurian! If you are not a fan already I guarantee you will be.  Have a fun weekend guys! I am coming around to see what you have lined up.



Ingredients:

For fritters:

Cauliflower- Florets of 1 medium sized
All purpose flour- 3/4 cup
Corn flour- 3 Tbsp
Salt- To taste
Red chilli powder- 1 tsp
Ginger-garlic- 1 Tbsp
Oil- For deep frying

For the sauce:

Ginger grated- 2 tsp
Garlic grated- 1 Tbsp
Green chillies chopped- 2-3
White part of Green onions- 3 Tbsp
Green part of green onions- 3 Tbsp (for garnishing)
White pepper powder- 1/2 tsp
Bullion cube (powdered)- 1 (optional)
Dark Soy sauce- 3 Tbsp
Red chilli sauce- 2 Tbsp
Tomato sauce- 3 Tbsp
Sesame oil/ any other cooking oil- 1Tbsp
Salt- to taste.

Method:

1.Make a batter of all the ingredients listed under fritters, except cauliflower and oil.
2.Heat the oil for frying
3.Boil some water in a pan and dip the florets in it and boil for a couple of minutes.It should be cooked 3/4th, not fully.Drain the water completely.
4.Dip the florets in the batter and fry them till they turn golden brown in color, on both sides.
5.Drain them on a paper towel.
6.Heat a pan and pour 1 tbsp of sesame oil.Saute the ginger and garlic in this oil.
7.Now add the chopped green chillies and white part of green onions and saute for another 3-4 minutes.
8.Add Bullion cube powder,all the sauces and pepper powder and continue stirring for a couple of minutes.
9.Throw in the fried fritters into this and mix well.Turn off the heat and sprinkle with the green onions before serving.
10.Serve with hot vegetable fried rice or as it is, as a starter.




Notes:

1.To get the restaurant style manchurian you could add MSG(trade name-ajinomotto), a pinch. I don't buy MSG, since I'm not sure about the health problems it could cause.
2.You could replace the red chilli sauce with the green one, I used the former since I didn't have the later :-)

Contributor: Namitha