Cauliflower Manchurian / Gobi Manchurian

Cauliflower Manchurian / Gobi  Manchurian is a Chinese recipe and the one I prepared with the mix of Indian style as Indochinese.  For preparation there are two process first to prepare Gobi Fry then make Sauce and mix Manchurian with the sauce as I mentioned below.

Ingredients for Gobi Fry

One medium size Cauliflower florets

1 tsp of Red Chilli powder

1/2 cup of Corn flour

1/4 tsp of Black Pepper powder

1 tbsp of Ginger Garlic paste 

1/2 cup of all purpose flour / maida

1 tbsp of Soy sauce 

Pinch of Ajinomoto(optional)

Salt for taste

Oil for deep frying

Ingredients for Sauce 


3 no of Green chilli 
1 tbsp of Corn flour 

4 no of Onion

4 tbsp of Tomato sauce

1 tbsp of Soy sauce

1 tsp of Chilli sauce

10 cloves of Garlic 

One inch long piece of Ginger
Small bunch of Spring onion 

Pinch of Ajinomoto(optional)

1/2 tsp of Sugar

Salt for taste

1 tbsp of Oil

Preparation of Gobi / Cauliflower Manchurian Fry

In a big vessel, add water and boil with pinch of turmeric powder and salt, add cauliflower florets in boiling water. Switch off the Stove and keep the pan closed for five minutes; make water to drain water and keep the half cooked cauliflower florets in open air to cool. Now in a bowl mix corn flour, all purpose flour, red chili powder, pepper powder, salt, ajinomoto, ginger garlic paste then add water little by little to make a thick batter , add soy sauce finally and mix well.

Heat oil in a pan, dip half cooked cauliflower florets in the batter and deep fry till crisp.

Preparation of Sauce for Gobi/Cauliflower Manchurian

Finely chop onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli and the bulbs of spring onion.

Heat a pan with oil and add the above chopped items and fry till become soft and color becomes golden, now add salt, ajinomoto, soya sauce, tomato sauce, sugar and some water then boil it for few seconds, now mix corn flour with little water and add in the boiling sauce, cook for few more seconds; corn flour helps to make the sauce thick and gives a glace look to the sauce.

Serving

Mix enough quantity of sauce with deep fried cauliflower

Garnish with some spring onion leaves and serve.

Shrimp / Prawns Chili Fry

Prawns Fry is a spicy recipe, for this Recipe I used medium size Prawns. make note that while cleaning the Prawns it is better to remove the nerve or thread like thing present in the top of the body.

Ingredients

500 gm of Fresh Prawns 

1 tsp of Ginger garlic paste

3 tsp Chilly powder

1/2 tsp of Black Pepper powder 

1/4 tsp of Turmeric powder

3 tsp of all purpose flour or (maida)

1 ½ tsp of Corn flour

Salt for taste

Pinch of Red food color  (optional)

One Egg

Preparation:

Clean and wash the prawns well

Add all the above ingredients into a vessel and add egg then add the prawns mix it well keep it for few hours or refrigerate for 1 hour.

Deep fry it well with oil, the crispy and spicy Prawns Chili Fry ready

Mushroom Gravy Recipe

Mushrooms are edible fungi which is a good source of High-quality Protein, Vitamins, Fiber and Unsaturated fatty acids.

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 Kg of Mushroom (Cut it into Lengthwise)
2. 2 No of Green chilli (chopped)
3. 1 No of Tomato (chopped)
4. 1 No of Big Onion  (Sliced)
5. 1 tsp of Chicken Masala Powder
6. 1 tsp of Curry Powder
7. 1 tsp of Red Chilli Powder
8. 1 tsp of Ginger Garlic Paste
9. Salt for taste
10. Pinch of Turmeric powder
11. Oil one tsp
12. Coriander leaves(chopped
13. 4 tsp of Grated coconut

Preparation.

• In an hot bowel add oil, sliced onion after onion become transparent, add ginger garlic paste, fry it for few seconds.
• Add the Chopped tomato, green chilli, coriander leaves, fry it 3 min
• Add the Mushroom, Chicken Masala Powder, Curry Masala Powder, Red Chilly Powder, Turmeric powder, Salt, mix well the mushroom with the masala powder's fry it for 2 min, then add one cup of water.
• close the bowel with a plate
• After 5 min. mix the gravy well, then add grated coconut and mix it well.

This gravy goes with Chappathi, Paratto, Dosa, Idly.

Vegetable Briyani

Briyani Recipe is my all time favorite. For Vegetable Briyani  we need less masala while for Non-Veg we use more masala and the method is also simple.


Ingredients

Vegetable Briyani

2 cup of Basmati rice
3 spoons of Ghee
1 cup of Potato, Carrot, beans, green peas
2 piece (2 inch) of Cinnamon
4 Cardamom
2 Cloves
1 Big onion Chopped
3 spoons of Ginger garlic paste
1 No of Tomato
1 bunch of Coriander leaves
1 bunch of Mint leaves
2 no of Green chili
1 spoon of Chili powder
2 Spoon of Curd(Yogurt)
1 Spoon of Lemon Juice (Optional)
Salt for taste
3 spoons of Oil

Preparation

In a pressure cooker add oil, ghee then add cardamom, cloves and cinnamon then fry for a min.

Then add ginger garlic paste and a chopped big onion, fry until the raw smell goes, Now add tomato and fry for 3 minutes and add all above vegetables

Then add the chili powder, Curd(Yogurt) and Lemon Juice (Optional) mix well.

Add 4 cups of water, Rice and salt close the cooker give 2 whistle.

You can add any Vegetables you like. 

Mouth Watering Spicy Vegetable Biryani ready.