Making Gobi Manchurian at home is easy if you have some patience and some good soya and chilli sauce in hand. Learn how to make my version of Gobi Machurian at home following this easy and tasty recipe.
You are away from home for an extended period of time. You have tasted most of what the local cuisine has to offer you. Your mind wanders back to the dosa and sambar, chaat, dal chaawal, rasmalai, aloo paratha.. all those things you took so much for granted back home.
Me? I crave Gobi Manchurian. One evening, I drove TH nuts saying I want gobi manchurian and I want it now. Its easy to find Indian food in Singapore, especially North Indian, but Indo-Chinese, not so much unless you are ready to go the extra mile to Little India, literally.
Ingredients:2 cups cauliflower, cut into floretsOil to deep fryFor the batter:5 tbsp maida / plain flour3 tbsp cornflour1/2 tsp red chilli powder (optional, depending on heat level preferred)1/4 tsp pepper powder1 garlic clove, mincedA pinch of saltAbout 1/4 cup waterFor the sauce:1 small onion, chopped fine1/4 cup capsicum, chopped fine4 cloves garlic, minced2 green chillies, slit midways (use to taste)2 tbsp tomato ketchup1 tsp green chilli sauce2 tsp soy sauce2 tsp vinegar2 tsp cornflour mixed with 4 tbsp waterSalt, check before addingHow to Make Gobi Manchurian1. Let’s start with the sauce. Heat oil and fry the onions, capsicum, green chillies, if using, and garlic until the onions turn golden brown.2. Add the ketchup and the green chilli sauce to the onions and mix well. Fry for 30 seconds.3. Turn the heat to high and add the soy sauce and vinegar. Mix well for 5 seconds and lower heat back down. Fry for 30 more seconds.4. Now add the cornflour-water mixture and mix until the sauce thickens. Check salt and add more only if necessary, since the soy sauce and chilly sauce may have salt. Set sauce aside.5. Mix ingredients for the batter until you get a slightly loose batter of pouring consistency. Heat oil until its just short of smoking hot, coat each cauliflower with the batter and drop it into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown and drain on kitchen towels. Repeat.6. Once all the cauliflower florets have been fried, add to the sauce and mix well. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves or green onions.
Nags
You said it! they have chilly fish and I think veg manchurian but not gobi manchurian. we found the food just so-so and a bit overpriced, actually.
Nags
Aquadaze, yes been to Indian Wok in Siglap but they didn't have gobi manchurian!!
Nags
Sis, the easy part is of course the fact that you don't need to eye ball the ingredients, these measurements are as exact as they come! ๐
Sangeeta – I agree this is not the healthiest way to cook and eat gobi, that's why I don't make it every weekend like I would have liked to ๐
Nostalgia
looks quite good and I am sure tastes better.. thanks for sharing
Vrinda
Thats a picture perfect gobi manchurian….
aquadaze
Hey that looks perfect! BTW, no idea where you stay, but Indian Wok in Siglap serves very nice Indian Chinese.
Bharathy
Love manchurian..anytime!..:)
…but where is the 'easy' part? ๐
sangeeta
i bashed this gobi manchurian in my recent post and you came up with such a beautiful picture as always…..all beautiful things are not edible for me…let them be in the garden ..ha ha…
i salute Nelson Wang for this invention…but i have minimized eating this addictive food..
Sharmila
No prob if you don't have step by step detail Nags … the very look of it says everything. ๐ And yes, Ching's green chilli is my fav … I can have it with anything … even plain parathas. ๐
Marie
wonderful photography. and I am sure the dish was as good as it looks !!! Yummm !!!