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.
That evening we went, and I was happy only after I polished off an entire plate of gobi manchurian all by myself. The next day, I made it at home. Yes, the very next day, why do you ask?
I really wish I had step by step pictures for making Gobi Manchurian, especially to show the batter consistency, but I have measured out the ingredients quite accurately so this should come out well for you.
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.
Note: this recipe is for the dry version of gobi manchurian that’s usually served as an appetizer. You can stick toothpicks into the florets and serve as an appetizer or add more water-cornflour mixture and make the sauce looser to serve with fried rice.
Somebody stole your photo and used it on a really crappy youtube video….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDZoiZCUvjk
It makes your site and you look like shite. You should complain to youtube to get it taken down.
The recipe on the video site is different too…
My husband and I lived in Singapore for a while and loved visiting Little India. I especially enjoyed Gobi Manchurian. After having it one evening we went to Mustafa and found a a jar of sauce for the dish. It was very good but was enough for two preparations. We have since moved to San Francisco and I wanted to prepare the dish so I went online and found yours. The fact that you live in Singapore and know what Little India has to offer gave your recipie great credibility. Thank You for publishing this.
Jeanette
Hi Nags
Your gobi manchurian was wonderful, just like I knew it will be. great recipe again … Your rock Nagalakshmi. V
Regards
Anisha Kuruvilla
This is wonderful. I made it successfully 3-4 time already. I garnish it with lil bit of onion nd coriander, sometimes even lemon juice. After i tried ur recipe ive never eaten gobi manchurian out again. Thank you for the recipe. I'll definitely try some more from your blog.
Hi Nags,
Tried this recipe today. It is superb!! I thought of trying this 'coz there is no egg involved in this and it sounded easy. Not only was this easy but really tasty. Loved, loved, loved it! I too am a fan of cauliflower manchurian, but I don't like the 'eggy' taste most restaurant-made manchurian has.
You have an amazing blog here. Great recipes and pictures.
Thank you.. Chandra
thank you so much for trying the gobi manchurian recipe. i am not a fan of adding egg to the manchurian batter either (not for the vegetarian manchurian recipes, anyway) so this works out perfect for me. let me know if you try other recipes.
I am so glad you enjoyed the gobi manchurian recipe 🙂
Hi Nags, this is a wonderful receipe you posted.thanks for it.i tried it out and the taste was awesome,perfect restaurant taste.it looked exactly like your pic.too. thanks once again.
Sreedevi.S.
Nags… i tried it last saturday and it came out yummy!!! i am going to stick on to this recipe in the future!! my husband loved it!
Tanvi, this gobi manchurian recipe should serve 2-3 people comfortably 🙂
1/4 cup water is approximate. Start with 2 tbsp and then add more