Gobi Manchurian (Dry)

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Description

Basically a Chinese dish but with dash of Indian spices, it has become more of a Indo-fusion creation. Spicy cauliflower masala made with Chinese and Indian sauces. This popular street fare can be made dry or with gravy. 

Ingredients-1
4 cup

Cauliflower (cut into florets )

2 tsp

Ginger garlic (minced)

3 tbsp

Maida

2 tsp

Corn flour

1 tsp

Red chilli powder

¼ tsp

White pepper powder

½ tsp

Salt

2 pinch

Orange red food colour

1 tsp

Soy sauce

½ tsp

Vinegar

1 pinch

Ajinomoto (optional)

Ingredients-2
1 no

Red onion (cut into big dices)

1 nos

Green bell pepper/ capsicum (cut into big dices)

1 no

Green chilli (minced)

1 tsp

Ginger garlic (minced)

¼ cup

Green spring onions (finely chopped)

1 tsp

Dark soy sauce

4 tsp

Tomato ketchup

¼ tsp

Salt (or to taste)

3 tsp

Oil (for sauteing)

2 cup

Oil (for deep frying)

2 stks

Coriander leaves (for garnishing)

2 tsp

Maggi chilli garlic sauce

Instructions



Wash the cauliflower florets and cook them in salt water for few minutes. Drain the water completely and pat dry with a kitchen towel. Mix maida, corn flour, salt, red chilli powder, white pepper powder, ginger garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, food colour and ajinomoto. Make a fine paste and add cauliflower and toss in to coat it with the paste. Heat 2 cups of oil and deep fry the cauliflower florets and drain the excess oil with a paper towel. Keep this aside.


Now heat 3 tsp of oil in a wide kadai or wok on high flame, saute red onions, green peppers, ginger garlic, green chilli for 4 to 5 minutes, once they turn slightly tender, add the fried cauliflower along with soy sauce, tomato ketchup, chilli garlic sauce (maggi brand preferred) and salt. Toss everything for few minutes until the masala becomes dry. Add green onions while sauteing. Garnish with coriander leaves.


Vote Result
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Score: 7.7, Votes: 39

Hi mullai, i tried ur gobi

Hi mullai, i tried ur gobi machurian and it came out really well. finally i succeeded. am very new to cooking and was not succeding in my attempts. but this was a hit. my husband liked it very much.thanks a lot. Regards, Sowmya

Hi Mullai, thanks for

Hi Mullai,
thanks for ur quick reply. got ur pongal recipe link. I'll try it out and let u know how it comes. once again thanks.bye

Hi Mullai, Today i

Hi Mullai,

Today i tried ur recipe for gobi manchurian(dry) and it came out very well. Myself and my husband liked it very much. Few days before we had gobi manchurian(dry) as starters in SARAVANA BHAVAN (Tamil Restaurant)and from then i wanted to taste that again. While doing google search i found ur website and wow it tasted same as saravana bhavan recipe.Thanks alot...
Mullai one more help can u post the recipe of pongal. i do pongal with 1.25 -pacharisi and 0.75 payathamparuppu. with 6 tumblers of water in cooker. i want to taste the pongal as in SARAVANA BHAVAN RESTAURANT. can u help me?????

Aish,  Here you

Aish,

 Here you go...

http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/ven_pongal

I don't know whether it would come up to your Saravana bhavan taste but to me... it taste heavenly. Ghee plays a major part so... never reduce the quantity. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.

Hi Mullai, Whenever i fry

Hi Mullai,

Whenever i fry the cauliflower, it is sticking to the pan. Am not sure whether i'm making anything wrong in the quantity of maida or corn flour. can u please clarify me on this sticking part. Please clarify me.

Thanks,
Deepa.

Hi Mullai, I tried this

Hi Mullai,

I tried this recipe output is very good.
My friends r appreciate.
thanks Mullai.

Hi, I just want to ask a

Hi,
I just want to ask a simple question when i fry the cauliflower it is sticking into the pan can you please advice on this .
Thanks

woohoo.. tried this &

woohoo.. tried this & turned out great!!!

Thnq very much

Thnq very much Mullai..............

hi mullai, i am new to

hi mullai, i am new to this website, my friend told about your dishes. i tried this gobi twice, it came out very well. my husband likes very much, he is very crazy about your dishes. thank u

This is amazing and it came

This is amazing and it came out perfect and our local restaraunt charges $12 for one plate. me and my wife found your recipie and tried it at home today. Wow....Perfect....
Thanks much for sharing your recipie.

Hi Mullai, I tried this

Hi Mullai,

I tried this recipe with king prawns instead of gobi, it came out very well.

Thanks

hi mullai, how r u? on

hi mullai,
how r u? on sunday i have tried ur gobi manchurion it came out very well. Thank you so much for sharing this nice and excellent recipe with ur clear explaination. Thanks a lot!!! Keep on rocking ur great recipes.

thanks alot.

thanks alot.

Gobi manchurian is not

Gobi manchurian is not related to any Chinese dish. It was developed in Kerala many years ago by the cosmopolitan community around Kochi. From there it spread to rest of South India including Bombay. Only later did it touch Delhi, Kolkatta etc.
It used to be called Cauliflower manchurian then it became Gobi-M. In Kerala Maida batter was used primarily. Now corn had been added. It is no way any Chinese dish is made.

hi i tried this recipe. it

hi i tried this recipe. it was very good. thank u very much

Questions on the flour Hi

Questions on the flour

Hi Mullai, the Maida mentioned in this recipe is it wheat or tapioca flour? What is the difference between soy sauce and dark soy sauce? Is dark soy sauce the one thicker and a little sweeter type?

- Leena

Maida is bleached

Maida is bleached all-purpose flour..or simplay called plain white flour. There is no tapioca flour used here.. only white corn starch /flour is used for the batter. Soy sauce comes in different varieties, light soy is mild in flavour and colour, dark is just the opposite. You can pick once according to preference. Thanks.

Hi Today only i just come

Hi

Today only i just come across your blog. Very nice.Each recipe you have explained in detail so that there will not be any confusion while preparing. My son loves Gobi 65 crispy version. Could you please let me know the recipe that prepared in hotels
Thanks a lot in advance
Krithi

Hi Mullai, This was

Hi Mullai,

This was absolutely amazing. I lived in Bangalore for 6 months while working 4 years ago and as a group, we practically lived on this stuff! I havn't found a restraunt here in Glasgow which makes it and this recipe almost brought tears to my eyes!

Thank you so much!

Leanne

hi, it was awesome. it was

hi,

it was awesome. it was very delicious, we tried it for first time and it was very delicious, as if we r sitting and eating in a restaurant.
very nice recipe.
thanx

Mullai, I tried to make a

Mullai, I tried to make a cauliflower 65 using the first ingredients list. It did not come out well. It was not crispy. I didnt get the color. I used all the ingredients mentioned though. btw, I was confused by the line "Make a fine paste ..". Should we mix some water too? I did not add any water as it was not mentioned, so after mixing all the ingredients, it was dry. I added cauliflower and couldnt make it coated properly. I deep fried it but it was not crispy.

nethu panna items'la this is not satisfactory. please let me know if you could guess what I might have done wrongly. thanks!

There will be little water

There will be little water left after you steam the cauliflower (thanni vedum)plus you have soy and vinegar to make a paste. Few drops of water can be added if necessary. After frying it will stay crispy only for few minutes. Better luck next time.

nice recipe .i tried out

nice recipe .i tried out .it came out well.but if u add a pinch of sugar to that Ingredients listed 2 it will taste much more better .thankyou

thanks mullai didi, though

thanks mullai didi,
though m nt a regular cook
i really found recipe easy n simple
n my family couldnt believe that i had prepared it

nw m keen to try more of yr dishes

thanks
garima :)

I just found this recipe

I just found this recipe because somebody on YouTube has made a video showing how to cook this. I am a bit confused. You have listed two sets of ingredients. Am I correct in understanding that second set is for making sauce? If I am correct then why is there "2 cup Oil (for deep frying)" in second set also? I thought frying is done in step 1. Second step is for making sauce and you dont need 2 cup oil for frying there. Am I correct? Also I dont know why this is called "Dry". Does that mean there is a wet version of this curry? Does "Dry" mean we have to make sauce really really dry?

Bakulesh, There's nothing

Bakulesh,

There's nothing to get confused. Recipe clearly says (2 cups of oil for deep frying) and that too it seems to appear only in one category. The reason for adding it in second, is to have a separate category for marinade, as simple as that. The other portion is for sauteing the fried cauliflower florets. Wet and dry actually depends on how much sauce you make. The proportions given above will end up in very little gravy... just enough to coat the florets.. thats why the term " Dry". Please do not fry too long, as the coating on top of cauliflower will come off or open up making it too soggy. Fry to coat the sauce for few minutes. BTW, there's a gravy version too, where you make more sauce and add the florets. Hope this helps and good luck.

hi mullai, I tried this and

hi mullai, I tried this and it came out excellent..I also tried your fried rice which too was very good. Thank you for sharing your mouth watering recipies..

Dear Mullai, Thanks so

Dear Mullai,

Thanks so much for the recipe, we tried and it came out so well. Check out this link when time permits, its my thanks to you for providing this recipe. http://www.flickr.com/photos/magiclens/2231222017 keep up the good work!

great recipie. only

great recipie. only suggestion was that it seemed to need a little bit more batter for 4 cups of cauliflower. apart from that it was spectacular. thanks for sharing this great recipie

Vinod Rama, thanks for your

Vinod Rama, thanks for your feedback. Actually each cup will hold about 5 to 6 big florrets, so the above proportion should work. If you make the florrets very small, then the batter won't be sufficient. Anyhow, you can always make a fresh batch in no time.

wat is the purpose of

wat is the purpose of vinegar in this dish mullai

Vinegar helps to keep the

Vinegar helps to keep the veggie white and fresh, moreover it acts as a flavour enhanser, removes that pungent odour from cauliflower.

Hi mullai.. i tried this

Hi mullai.. i tried this dish it came out with nice taste but its not cripsy.. i dont know where i did mistake can u give suggestion...

Hi, only those deep fried

Hi, only those deep fried bhajis will be crispy, that too only for a while. You cannot expect crispy texture after you mix with sauces. This is how the final dish should taste like.... sweet, sticky,  munchy with crunchier cauliflower.

Hi mullai, Today i tried

Hi mullai,

Today i tried this dish it came out very well. Now only i finised tat dish immd i thought to give FB. Thanks a lot.

Deepa

Thank you Deepa, really

Thank you Deepa, really appreciate this.

Mogu, There isn't much to

Mogu,
There isn't much to write about gravy, just follow the same recipe, increase the sauce level and add cornstarch mixed with water to this and simmer. Actually gobi manchurian taste good when its semi-thick (thats the dry version). Too much gravy tends the cauliflower loose its crispyness and will taste blunt and soggy.

Hi Mullai di, I tried this

Hi Mullai di,

I tried this recipe of manchurian yesterday for dinner and it came out really really well! My husband doesn't like manchurian as such but when he had it yesterday he wanted me to pack it for today's lunch too :-)
Thanks for such great recipes!!

Cheers!
Shanu

Hi Mullai, I'm just new to

Hi Mullai, I'm just new to your site. Recipies looks good. I'm gonna make this gobi manchurian for my daughter's b'day party. Thanks! I have a doubt in the ingredients? Is it tomoto ketchup or sauce?

Thanks Mullai! It tried it

Thanks Mullai!

It tried it and it was really good. I tried with tomato sauce with vinegar.

Thanks again. U R doing a good job!

Citra, Its tomato ketchup,

Citra,

Its tomato ketchup, which is sweeter than tomato sauce. Moreover it has got vinegar in it, which the tomato sauce lacks. If you don't have ketchup use tomato sauce and few drops of vinegar. Good luck with your try and get back to me with the results.

Hii MUllai, h r u? first

Hii MUllai,
h r u? first let me wish u n thank for ur great recipies in this pages.u have lot of fans over here including me.
today only i happened to see ur pages. wow its really nice n i tried immediately Gobi manchurian. it came out very nice. but cauliflower drunk much oil while i fried.
my husband fond of this dish. we r in north india. slowly learning north indian dishes. ur site is really helpful for me.
i m good enough in our south indian food. but have to make me better in chinese n north indian dishes. i tried many times Chinese Fried rice but it never came like hotel. what is the water measurement for the rice. will u pls post that recipie?
Unga parota Video parthen. Superb. i m going to try that tomorrow n will let u know. i m so happy to being part of in this blog with my other friends here.
Thanks alot
Gayathri Karthik

Gayathri, Romba Nandri!!!

Gayathri,

Romba Nandri!!! Actually the batter should be little thick, orelse it would drink more oil, use less water next time. Chinese fried rice was already posted, use the search or check the International category. And for the tips on rice, check the comments under the fried rice category, that should help. Here, I cook mine in a rice cooker using 1/3/4 cup for every 1 cup rice, cool it and refridgerate and use the next day for good results. A day old rice suits well for fried rice dishes. Not really sure about cooking over stove top, bcos it depends on so many factors. One good choice would be cooking with lots of water and draining when its almost done (Veraiyaga Vadipathu).

Hiii Mullai Thanks for ur

Hiii Mullai
Thanks for ur speedy reply. i ll try in next time. oru cup rice ku onne mukal water a? pls clear it.refridge with water or drained rice after soaking? i m using cooker n i have electric rice cooker too.u let me know the rice can we use our ponni boiled rice for fried rice any spl rice is there in market?
deivame kanji vadichi samayal pannara kaalam ellam malayeri poidichu. i cant do that in hurry cooking. he has to leave in the morning eight o clock.
waiting for ur reply mullai. [ when u r free]
bye
Gayathri karthik.

Ok.. here is what you do 1.

Ok.. here is what you do

1. Use good brand Basmati rice or Seeraga samba should work. Ponni won't be good.

2. Do not soak for long time, 5 minutes is suffficient.

3. If using a rice cooker , 1 cup rice : 1 3/4 cup water. Let it cook.

4. When done, spread the cooked rice over a plate and let cool completely.

5. Now refridgerate preferrably over night.

6. Next day start making " The Fried Rice"

Get back to me after trying.

Hi mullai, how to make

Hi mullai, how to make manchurian with gravy?
Can you please give recipe for that?
Thanks!

Hemeetha, Not sure whether

Hemeetha,

Not sure whether you have noticed this, but there is a post under non-veg category called Chicken manchurian, just follow the gravy part from that recipe for time being, as, my recipe might take longer to appear here.

http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/chicken_manchurian

Thank you very much! Since

Thank you very much!

Since I am a vegetarian, I did not nitice that. I have understood I can get few inspirational tips from non-veg recipes too....

-geetha 

hi mullai,, what can i

hi mullai,, what can i say,, your recipes are very tasty. The parota clip is really awesome.. i tried and it worked out 100%. i also tried many of your recipes,, and they are yummmooo. wow is all i have to say..thank you for taking time and sharing recipes with us..and also allowing viewers to share their recipes.. i have a request, you have missed the sambol recipe (shri Lankan) recipe.. it is something like coconut, red chillies and onions i think,,if you have time and if you come across this recipe, please share it.. bye for now.. keep it up

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