Veg Manchurian

Veg Manchurian is an ultimate classic vegan dinner recipe, made with crispy fried vegetable balls dipped in a thick tangy gravy. Make your dinner menu more exciting with this super delicious and colorful vegetable Manchurian recipe. Try it at home and spread the joy of warming flavors everywhere around.

It is a family favorite recipe and can be made in 30 minutes. If you want to enjoy a luxurious dinner without spending a lot this recipe is for you.

Veg Manchurian can be made in two varieties, one with gravy and the other one is simply dry Manchurian balls with just a little sauce coating. I like Manchurian with gravy more as it goes really well with cooked rice.

Ingredients

You can divide the ingredients into two main parts! Firstly, there are these Manchurian Balls and then the Manchurian sauce in which the balls are dipped.

Manchurian Balls:

Here’s what you need.

• Veggies: I am using a combination of Cabbage, Carrots, and Spring onion.
• Flour: It is used for binding all the veggies chunks together.
• Oil: for deep frying.
• Salt and Pepper

Manchurian Gravy:

The gravy itself is a mixture of sauces, spices, seasonings, and vegetables. To add particular Manchurian flavor to the recipe we use:

• Oil: for stir-frying veggies
• Spring Onions: While making the gravy we will just use the white part of the spring onion. Keep the green part of the spring onion, chopped, and ready for garnishing.
• Ginger and Garlic: Use fresh ginger and garlic for this recipe, peel and chop them.
• Soy sauce: Soy sauce will add color and umami flavor to the gravy.
• Ketchup: To add a bit of sweetness to the sauce.
• Chili Sauce: To spice up the gravy, you can leave the chili sauce if you are making this recipe for kids or do not like spicy food.
• Salt and Black pepper for seasoning
• Veggies: Onion and bell pepper, cut them into one-inch size cubes.
• Water: I have added water to make the base of the gravy. It is a good option, especially when you want to minimize the calories. However, vegetable broth is another good option to use as the base. It adds more flavor to the gravy. Add cornstarch and water solution to thicken this gravy.

How to Make Veg Manchurian?

Veg Manchurian process is divided in two main steps. Start by making the Manchurian balls and later make the gravy and mix with balls.

How to Make Manchurian Balls?

For the Manchurian balls, your veggies should be as finely chopped as possible. Either pass them through a grater or chop them in a food processor. Just make sure that veggies are chopped not blended together.

It is important to keep the crumbly and crunchy texture of the balls.

When your veggies are ready, you simply have to mix them together with flour, salt, and black pepper in any suitable bowl. The flour should be evenly mixed with the veggies; there should be no lumps in this mixture.

Then lightly grease your hands with oil and make small meatballs-sized balls out of the veggie mixture. Once done either deep fry them or bake but the end result should be crispy golden-brown vegetable balls.

How to Make Veg Manchurian Gravy?

Without a good gravy, you cannot really expect your Veg Manchurian to turn out to be delicious.

For Gravy, first sauté the spring onions, garlic, and ginger. Add all the sauce and spices and then add the onions and bell peppers. Lightly cook these veggies together.

Add soy sauce, tomatoes ketchup, chili sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well and cook for a minute. Next add cubed onions and bell pepper. Sauté for a minute and add water and bring to boil. 

Then add water or vegetable stock and bring it to boil, Later add the water and cornstarch mixture. Mix well and cook for a few minutes to get a thick gravy-like consistency. If it gets too thick, add more water, or add more cornstarch if the gravy gets too thin. You can always adjust the consistency later.

When the gravy is ready and warm, add the fried Manchurian balls and gently mix them in the gravy only to coat them with the sauce. Your Veg Manchurian is now ready to serve garnish with green part of spring onions, red chilies and white sesame seeds.

What to Serve with Veg Manchurian

1. White Rice: You can serve the vegetable Manchurian with plain boiled white rice. That is probably the best match for this saucy combination.

2. Vegetable Fried rice: If you don’t like plain white rice, then replace them with nicely cooked vegetable fried rice. It a much healthier and richer combination.

3. Rice Noodles: Noodles lovers can try this saucy combination with boiled rice noodles.

Tips and Tricks

• Make sure your veggies are chopped in the same size for achieving a uniform texture of the balls.
• Do not add a lot of flour to the veggies, instead slightly squeeze the moisture out of veggies so they won't get a lot of flour in them.
• You can add a tablespoon of bread crumbs to the balls mixture to make them more crispy.
• Grease your hands before forming the balls, as the mixture will be slightly sticky.
• If you are using vegetable stock instead of water for gravy make sure you adjust the salt accordingly.

Storage and Reheating

For delayed servings, it is best to keep the fried balls and the Manchurian sauce separate until you are ready to serve. In this way, the balls will not get too soggy at the time of serving.

You can store the leftover Manchurian in a sealable container in your refrigerator. But since the gravy is thick and made out of cornstarch, it is best to serve it the same day. Else the gravy loses its consistency.

To reheat add a splash of water so gravy keep its consistency.

Other Vegan Dinner Recipes

If you like this recipe, you might also like

• RAMEN STIR FRY
• VEGAN BIRYANI
• ALOO BAINGAN
• POTATO AND RICE
• BROCCOLI WITH GARLIC SAUCE

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