MY FAVORITE SNACK - Veg Manchurian

I love chinese food very much. Yesterday I prepared vegetable manchurian. This is my family's favorite. This is my entry to Hima's What's your favorite snack? Hima! thanks for hosting such a lovely event. Here is my recipe:


Veg Manchurian:
Prep Time : 20 minutes
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Serves : 3
Cuisine : Indian

Ingredients (For Manchuria Balls):
1 cup finely chopped carrots (I used mini chopper to cut all the vegetables)
1/2 cup finely chopped beans
1/2 cup finely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 cup finely chopped onions (optional)
1/2 cup finely chopped cabbage
4 tbsp maida or all purpose flour
4 tbsp cornflour
2 Eggs
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
salt as per taste
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Ajinamoto (Chinese salt)

For Tadka/Talimpu/Popu :
1 tbsp oil
3 tbsp finely chopped garlic
2 tbsp finely chopped green chillies
2 tbsp finely chopped curry leaves
2 tsp dark soya sauce (optional)
2 tsp tomato sauce
finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing


Method :
1. Mix all above ingredients (Manchurian balls ingredients) in a bowl into a tight content, make small size balls, deep fry in oil till light brown color on medium flame.

2. Heat oil in a kadai, add chopped garlic, chopped green chillies and chopped curry leaves, saute for few seconds, add soya sauce, tomato sauce and 1/4 cup water, mix well, bring to a boil.

3. Now add above fried manchurian balls, mix gently, fry for more 5-10 minutes on low flame. After veg. manchurian becomes desired hot, turn off the heat and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.



Note : 1. If you dont like eggs, you can replace with water to mix the contents tightly. But eggs will give more taste.

2. Along with above vegetables, you can add finely chopped capsicum and gobi also.

Egg Gravy (Egg Pulusu)

Between these videos, I am planning to post my own recipes too. This is one easy, quick and yummy recipe. Here is my recipe:

Guddu pulusu:
Prep time : 15 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes
Serves : 3
Cuisine : Andhra

Ingredients:
Boiled Eggs : 3 (As required)
Chopped Onions : 1/2 cup
Tamarind(Chinthapandu) : small lemon size(1)
Water : 1/2 cup
Turmeric Powder(Pasupu/Haldi) : a pinch
Red Chilli powder : 1 tbsp
Salt : As per taste
Menthi powder(menthulu) : 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder(Dhaniyalu) : 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder(Jeelakarra) : 1/2 tsp
oil : 2 tbsp
Jeera : 1/4 tsp
Mustards(Avalu) : 1/4 tsp
Fresh curry leaves : 3 or 4
Fresh finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing.

Method:
1. Extract thick juice from tamarind and keep aside.


2. In a kadai, heat the oil then add jeera, mustards, curry leaves and onions. Fry the onions till they become slightly red on the edges on medium flame.

3. Then you can add turmeric, red chilli powder, menthi powder, coriander powder and jeera powder respectively. Then mix and fry for 2 minutes on low flame.

4. Then add the tamarind juice, 1/2 cup of water and salt, mix well. Immediately drop the boiled eggs into the gravy slowly. Then cover with a lid, cook on high flame till a boil comes. Then keep the flame on medium or low till the gravy becomes thick.

5. After that take into bowl, garnish with fresh finely chopped coriander leaves.


6. It goes well with hot steamed rice. I love it.