Veg Manchurian Street Style

Dry Vegetable Manchurian is a very popular recipe across India. It is also a very popular street food and spicier version of the dish are available on many road side stalls.

I have made this Veg Dry Manchurian with no Fry version too. It turned out not only delicious but healthy and it tastes much batter than restaurants. This is one of my favorite dish of Indo-Chinese. When i was in college I still remember the street of food for all types of food and this one was one of them. My dad always took me there and i always had Veg dry Manchurian and Hakka noodles with the side cabbage salad. No one couldn’t beat the taste of that stall. I always wondered of the process of making this. 

Vendors always got ready the balls in advance. So, they just needed to make the gravy for that. But i was so curious for that time so i asked the vendor one time what they used and how? first, he didn’t tell me then i asked so he just explain some ingredients. After so many years after i came here i figured out how to make and trust me it turned just too good. 

1. Veg Manchurian Gravy (With Sauce) – Makes for a tasty Chinese Main Course. Goes best with fried rice, schezwan fried rice or steamed rice.
2. Veg Manchurian Dry – An excellent starter snack or as a side dish with hakka noodles or chow Mein.

You can make either of them as per your choice. Example: you can make veg Manchurian dry as a starter snack or veg Manchurian gravy for a Chinese main course.

About this recipe:

Veg Manchurian gravy recipe has a sauce or gravy in which the fried veggies balls are tossed and dunked. The sauce has a mix of eclectic flavors and tastes like sweet, savory, spicy, sour and umami. The recipe is also vegan.

Manchurian in the Indian lingo is a term for fried veggies or fried meat (fish or prawns or chicken) in this spicy-umami sauce.

You can try some of other appetizers like

• Corn Cheese Potato Balls
• Kutchi Dabeli

Veg Manchurian Street Style

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Shruti Naik Course: AppetizersCuisine: Indian

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

40

minutes

Veg Manchurian is a very popular Indo- Chinese Street Food. Veg Manchurian is a widely popular Indo-Chinese dish across India. This dish is made of deep fried mixed vegetable dumplings tossed in Chinese sauces.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup shredded carrots

• ¼ cup shredded cabbage

• ¼ cup green onions thinly sliced

• 1/4 cup green peppers

• 2 tsp ginger grated

• 2 tsp garlic grated

• 2 tbsp cornstarch

• 3 –4 tbsp all purpose flour

• 1 tbsp things chili sauce

• 1 tbsp Ketchup

• 1 tbsp Soy sauce

• 1 tsp salt + pepper

• Gravy

• 3 tbsp oil

• 1/4 cup onion finely chopped

• 1 2 green chili finely minced

• 2 tsp ginger grated

• 2 tsp garlic grated

• 1/3 cup slice cut onions

• 1/3 cup slice cut green pepper any color you can use

• 1 tsp salt + pepper

• 2 tbsp ketchup

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 3 tbsp chings chili sauce

• 2 cups water

• ½ tbsp cornstarch mixed with 3tbsp water for cornstarch slurry

Directions

• Veg Manchurian
• In a large bowl, mix the cabbage, carrots, scallions ginger + garlic and salt + pepper. Next sprinkle in the corn starch and all purpose flour along with the chili sauce. Mix everything together with your hands until it starts to form into a dough like ball. *Add more flour if needed.
• Heat up a pot with 1inch deep oil. Roll out small balls and fry in small batches. Fry until the balls are golden brown and set them on a cooling rack.
• Gravy:
• In a sauce pan, heat up the oil and add the onions and green chili. Cook for 1-2 mins on med high heat. Next add the ginger + garlic and salt + pepper. Cook for 30 seconds or until the ginger garlic is fragrant. Add cut onions and green pepper. Let it cook for few minutes.
• Add the ketchup, soy sauce and chili sauce. Stir until everything is well incorporated and add in the water. Bring this to a simmer and add in the cornstarch slurry. Bring this to a low simmer and you’ll start to see the gravy gets thicken up a bit.
• Place the gravy in a bowl or deep plate and add the veg Manchurian balls, garnish with fresh green onions and enjoy!

Notes

• Here is the brand of sauces https://www.chingssecret.com/products. You can Shallow fry these Manchurian balls into Appe pan. OR you can Airfry them as well.