Gobi manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese appetizer. Cauliflower pieces are deep fried and sauted in a mixture of sauces to give a flavoursome dish.

Chinese dishes have gained immense popularity in our country. They are an amalgamation of Chinese flavours to suit the Indian taste buds, now popularly termed as Indo- Chinese. Many dishes are prepared in this cuisine, but, one snack that always stands out is Gobi Manchurian. It is the hot  favourite of college students, street food, that is found at all joints.

It is usually served as an appetiser or starter , but can be paired with fried rice or schezwan rice. Different kinds of manchurian are prepared such as baby corn manchurian and mixed vegetable manchurian. But, it is the one made of cauliflower that has gained immense popularity. “Gobi” is the Hindi name for cauliflower. Cauliflower has a pungent odour, but when made into fritters, and drizzled in sauces, it gives a distinctive taste that no other veggie can impart.

My other Indo- Chinese dishes   Fried Rice, Hakka noodles, alu65, sweet corn vegetable soup

gobi manchurian

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg cauliflower, broken into florets
• 1 onion cut into small pieces
• 1 capsicum, finely cut
• 1 tablespoon soya sauce
• 2 teaspoon red chilli sauce
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder

 For the paste:

• 8 cloves garlic
• 2 inch ginger
• 1 green chilly

For the batter: Measurement used:1cup=150 ml

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup corn flour
• 1/2 teaspoon chilly powder
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
• salt to taste
• water

Other ingredients:

• oil for frying
• 2 teaspoon oil
• spring onions for garnishing

Method:

1. Put the cauliflower pieces in hot water for five minutes, put them in a colander and allow to dry for sometime.
2. Make a paste of the ingredients mentioned.
3. Make a batter of the ingredients mentioned. The consistency should neither be too thick nor thin.
4. Heat oil in a pan. Put the florets in the batter. When the oil is heated, slowly, take a floret and put it into the oil. Repeat for a few more. Deep fry by turning with a ladle. Initially, put the flame low, then increase it and again reduce it, once they are done. This way, you are going to get perfect fritters.
5. Repeat it for all the florets.
6. Take oil in a pan, add the paste, saute it for a few seconds. Now, add the onions and cook it for two minutes. Put the capsicum and cook for another minute.
7. Now, add the soya sauce, red chilli sauce, apple cider vinegar and the red chilly paste. Put salt and some water. Allow to cook for sometime.
8. Let it cool. Put the  fried fritters into it and mix well.

Take a tip:

Chilly is actually cut into small pieces and put in restaurants, but I have grinded it.

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Gobi manchurian, recipe in steps

Gobi manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese dish. Fritters are made using cauliflower and tossed in  mixture of different sauces. It makes a perfect appetizer.

Course Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Chinese, Indo-Chinese

Keyword appetisers, evening snacks, gobi manchurian, indo-chinese, kids favourite, recipes with cauliflower

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour

Servings 4 people

Author Jayashree

Ingredients

• 1/2 kilogram cauliflower broken into florets
• 1 onion
• 1 capsicum
• 1 tablespoon soya sauce
• 2 teaspoon red chilly sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon red chilly powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder

For the paste

• 8 cloves garlic
• 2 inch ginger
• 1 green chilly

For the batter

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup corn flour
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
• 1 teaspoon chilly powder
• salt to taste
• water as needs

Other ingredients

• oil for frying
• 2 teaspoon oil for seasoning

Instructions

• Break the florets into small pieces. The size of the floret determines a slightly bigger size of manchurian.
• Put them in hot water for five minutes. Then, put it in a colander.Let dry.
• Make a batter with ingredients mentioned under "For the batter". The consistency of the batter should neither be too thick or thin.
• Deep fry the fritters, by putting a few at a time. 
• Make paste of the ingredients mentioned under 'For the paste".
• Take oil in another pan. Add the paste and saute for sometime. Then, add the onions and shallow fry for two minutes.
• Now, add the capsicum and let cook for two minutes. Put salt in it.
• Add soya sauce, red chilly sauce, apple cider vinegar. Mix a little water in red chilly powder and put it.
• Let cook for some time. Allow to cool.
• Put the fried fritters in it. Add pepper powder and mix it.
• Gobi manchurian is ready to serve. You can garnish it with spring onions.

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(Post updated on 25/2/2024 with better pictures !)