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"Gobi
Manchurian", though originally a chinese dish, has been
localized by Indian Resturants. This dish can be served as an
appetizer or a dry side dish itself.
Name of the recipe - Gobi
Manchurian
Ingredients
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Gobi
Manchurian
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Cauliflower
(Gobi)
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Corn Flour (or Corn meal)
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Sweet & Sour Sauce
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1/2 " Ginger, fine chopped
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6 to 8 green chillies, cut longitudinally
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Ajinamoto (MSG) - available in Chinese Stores
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Soy sauce - available in chinese
stores
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Method
of Preparation
First pluck the
flowerettes from the Cauli flower. You may cut them into bitesize
pieces.
Make a batter of
Corn meal by adding water to 1 cup of corn meal. Add a little salt
to taste and mix well to a thin paste.
Dip the Gobi pieces
in the batter completely and fry them until light brown. Spread them
on a paper towel so that the extra oil soaks into the towel.
In a frying pan (A
non stick) or a Wok, put 1 tablespoon of oil (Sesame or Peanut oil
will give you that special taste) and heat it for a minute in low to
medium flame. Put the cut Ginger and green chillies and fry them
until they start to turn brown. Add 2 tablespoons of Sweet &
Sour sauce & 2 spoons of Soy sauce to this and start turning the
mixture for about 2 minutes so as not to let it stick to the pan.
Now add the fried
Gobi peices to this mixture and depending upon the dryness of the
mixture, you may add 2 more tablespoons of the sweet & sour
sauce. Continue stirring for about 10 minutes. For the last 2
minutes, add a pinch of Ajinamoto (MSG - optional) to the manchurian.
You can add salt to taste.
The whole process
takes about 20 minutes to prepare.
Finale: Arrange the
Manchurian in a tray with toothpicks on them and serve them when
they are still hot and crunchy.
Observations:
Depending upon how hot you like it, you can add/reduce the pieces of
green chillies. You may also increase the Ginger pieces. Depending
on how dry/fluidy you like your manchurian, you need to reduce/add
the Sweet & Sour sauce and Soy sauce. Very little Ajinamoto
(MSG) is to be added to give the Chinese aroma to your manchurian.
Note
This
dish increases the gastric secretion and reduce the Kapha
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