# Gobi Manchurian Recipe | Cauliflower Manchurian

Crisp fried cauliflower tossed in slightly sour, sweet & hot manchurian sauce. It can be served as an appetizer or as a side with noodles or fried rice.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 small head small head (500 grams) cauliflower /gobi (250 grams cleaned florets)
- 0 Oil for deep frying
- 0.5 cup all-purpose flour ( prefer organic or at least unbleached)
- 0.25 cup cornstarch (white corn flour or yellow corn flour)
- 0.5 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder or paste (less spicy variety) (optional)
- 0.25 teaspoon black pepper crushed or ground
- 0.25 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 0.5 cup water (more if needed)
- 1.5 tablespoons oil (for sauce)
- 1 tablespoon garlic fine chopped
- 0.5 tablespoon ginger fine chopped
- 1 green chili chopped (optional)
- 0.33 cup onions or spring onions/ scallions fine chopped – green & white separated
- 0.25 cup bell pepper (capsicum chopped fine) (optional)
- 1 tablespoon soya sauce (organic or naturally brewed)(or tamari)
- 2 tablespoons Red Chilli sauce (or 2 tsps hot sauce, adjust to taste)
- 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup (optional, use if using hot sauce)
- 0.5 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder (or paprika optional)
- 0.5 tablespoon rice vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar)
- 1 teaspoon sugar (adjust to taste)
- 0 salt as needed
- 3 tablespoons water
- 0.5 teaspoon black pepper crushed or ground
- 0.125 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 2 tablespoons spring onion greens chopped for garnish

## Instructions

1. Cut gobi to medium size separate florets and add them to 3 cups of slightly hot water (not boiling hot). Rest for 5 mins, discard the water and rinse with cold water. Drain them to a colander.
2. Spread on a clean cloth or pat dry with paper tissues, to remove excess moisture.
3. Heat up the oil for deep frying on a medium heat.
4. Meanwhile make the batter by adding cornstarch, all-purpose flour, red chilli powder, black pepper and salt to a mixing bowl.
5. Mix and add water little by little as needed and make a free flowing lump-free batter.
6. Add the gobi florets to the batter (in batches), coat them well.
7. When the oil turns hot enough, check by dropping a small amount of batter to the hot oil.
8. Pick up each cauliflower floret with a spoon or fingers & gently drop them one by one to the hot oil.
9. Reduce the flame to medium and fry until the florets turn golden and crisp.
10. Transfer to a kitchen tissue/paper towel or a steel colander.
11. Repeat the same steps of adding the rest of the cauliflower florets to the batter, coating them well and then frying them in hot oil until crisp.
12. Optional: Mix together red chili powder with little water (1 tbsp) to a paste and keep aside.
13. Prepare the sauce: Add soya sauce, red chili sauce, tomato ketchup, red chili paste, sugar and vinegar to a small bowl and keep this aside.
14. Heat oil in a wide pan or wok. Add garlic, ginger and green chilies. Saute for a minute or two.
15. Then add spring onions whites & bell pepper. Saute them on a high flame for 2 mins.
16. Pour the sauce and water. Mix well and cook stirring until the sauce turns thick.
17. Taste test and adjust the heat and salt levels to your taste.
18. Allow the sauce to cool for 1 to 2 mins. Add the fried cauliflower and stir gently to coat well with the manchurian sauce.
19. Garnish gobi manchurian with spring onion greens. Serve immediately as a appetizer or as a side with noodles or fried rice

## Equipment

- kadai
- wok
- mixing bowl
- colander
- paper towels
- wide pan
- spider

## Tips

- For extra crisp gobi manchurian, you can also refry the once fried gobi again in oil.
- Adjust the amount of chilli powder as needed.
- Since cauliflower is fried for long time, for health reasons discard the used oil and do not reuse it.
- Instead of frying you can also bake the cauliflower. Rinse and drain the florets. Toss the moist florets in spices first and then in 2 to 4 tbsps flour. Dust off the excess flour and place them in a greased tray. Ensure the cauliflower is moist otherwise the dry ingredients will not coat them well.
- If you do not have red chili sauce, use 1 to 2 tsps of any hot sauce along with tomato ketchup. Adjust the sugar as well.
- To make gobi manchurian semi-dry, double the amount of soya sauce, chilli sauce, sugar, vinegar and tomato sauce (ketchup). Use red chilli powder as required.
- To make gobi manchurian gravy, triple the amount of soya sauce, chilli sauce, sugar, vinegar & tomato sauce (ketchup).

## Source

- Original video: https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/gobi-manchurian-recipe/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/84c1afda-1ef0-4cf2-b3e7-3058e6af46cd
- Extracted: 2025-02-04

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