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.
Miri
I totally understand why you came back and made it the very next day! ๐ The dish looks awesome to say the least!
Sharmilee! :)
My all time fav chinese dish, looks yum!
my kitchen
Wow mouthwatering one,Pass that Bowl to me
radha
Have to make this!
Alka
Love the Manchurian..anytime..and this tempts me enough to grab from screen ๐
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks good,I have tried ur baby corn manchurian,sure I think this will turn out gud too:)
Sig
Love that pic, totally drool worthy, especially when I imagine that it is chicken ๐
Nags
Sig, you are too much!! ๐
RedChillies
Oh goody! You know my 4 year old has taken a liking for Gobi and asks if we can make it at home. Glad that i now have this recipe.
sangeeta
Nags… it's true indo chinese food originated in Calcutta…china town of Calcutta situated in a localty called tangra … Nelson Wang is the man and i came to know this through Vir Sanghvi ( of course through his columns)…