Gobi Manchurian Recipe-Gobi Recipes

Gobi Manchurian is a very popular Indo-Chinese dish made with cauliflower. Gobi Manchurian (gravy) is a fantastic side dish for Vegetable Fried rice and the dry version can be served as a snack or an appetizer. I prepared the gravy version as a side dish for fried rice and my whole family enjoyed it so much. Every time I prepare this dish, I get lot of compliments from my family and friends. Today we will learn how to prepare Gobi Manchurian (restaurant style - both dry and gravy) at home following this easy Cauliflower Manchurian/Gobi Manchurian recipe.

Gobi Manchurian

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish-Cauliflower
 Recipe Cuisine: Indo Chinese
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Cauliflower florets - 3 cups
   Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
   Chilli powder - as needed
   Salt - as needed
   Oil for deep frying

   For the Batter

   All purpose flour/Maida - 1/2 cup
   Cornflour - 1/4 cup
   Rice flour - 2 tbsp
   Chilli powder - as needed
   Salt - as needed

   For the Sauce

   Oil - 1 tbsp
   Garlic - 1/4 cup
   Green chilli - 1 tbsp
   Ginger -2 tbsp
   Onion - 1
   Chilli powder - 3/4-1 tsp
   Spring onion greens - 3 tbsp
   Tomato sauce - 3 tbsp
   Soya sauce - 1 tbsp

  For the Gravy

   Cornflour - 1 tbsp
   Water - 1 cup

   For Garnishing

   Spring onion greens

Preparation

Cut cauliflower into bite size florets and put them in boiling salt water for a 3-4 minutes. Drain the water and pat it dry with a kitchen towel.

Marinate the cauliflower (gobi) with ginger garlic paste, little salt and chilli powder. Let it sit for 15 minutes.

Finely chop onion, chilli, garlic, ginger and spring onion greens (very important step)

Preparation of batter

Mix maida, cornflour, rice flour, salt and chilli powder with little water to make a paste first (since we have already added salt and chilli powder while marinating the cauliflower - add less now). Then add more water and make a batter. The batter should coat the cauliflower, so it should not be too thin.

Dip the Gobi florets in the batter so that it is well coated on all the sides, then deep fry them until golden brown. Drain the oil and spread them on a paper towel.

Preparation of sauce

Heat oil, fry garlic, followed by chilli, ginger and onions on high heat. Add spring onion greens, chilli powder, tomato sauce, soya sauce and need salt.

Then add the fried gobi and mix well. This is dry version of Gobi manchurian.

Preparation of gravy

Mix 1 tbsp of cornflour in 1 cup of water without lumps. Now add this to the above and cook till you get your desired consistency. Garnish with spring onion greens.

Note - Once it cools, it will thicken further.

More Gobi/Cauliflower recipes

Cauliflower Curry/gobi curry (South Indian style)

Gobi Pulao (cauliflower rice)

Gobi Paratha

Cauliflower Kurma

Aloo Gobi

Find More Cauliflower Recipes.

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