Showing posts with label Indo-Chinese. Show all posts

Monday, 15 June 2020

VEGETABLE MANCHURIAN RECIPE/VEG. MANCHURIAN RECIPE

Vegetable manchurian recipe:

VEGETABLE MANCHURIAN OR VEG. MANCHURIAN RECIPE is a delicious Indo-chinese recipe in which fried veggie balls are tossed in a spicy, sweet and tangy sauce.

Manchurian recipe can be made in many different forms. It can be made as either a gravy version or a dry version. It can be made with Gobi, paneer, mushroom, chicken or any non-veg stuff. In this recipe, I have used mixed vegetable and have made deep fried ball with vegetables.

Ingredients for veg. manchurian:

For manchurian ball:

· Cabbage – 1 cup(grated)

· Carrot – ½ cup ( grated)

· Cauliflower – ½ cup ( finely chopped)

· Beans – ½ cup (finely chopped)

· Onion – 1 ( finely chopped)

· Ginger- garlic paste – 1 tbsp

· Black pepper powder – ½ tsp

· Maida or refined flour – 4 tbsp

· Corn flour- 4 tbsp

For gravy or sauce:

· Garlic- 6 to 7 cloves (finely chopped)

· Ginger – 2 inches( finely chopped)

· Onion – 1 (finely chopped)

· Green chilies – 3 ( finely chopped)

· Capsicum- 1 (finely chopped)

· Chili sauce – 1 tbsp

· Soy sauce- 2 tbsp

· Black pepper powder– ½ tsp

· Spring onion – ½ cup (finely chopped)

· Corn flour – 1 tbsp

· Sugar – 1 tsp

· salt

How to make vegetable manchurian:

Step-1:

How to make manchurian ball:

1. Take a big bowl and put all chopped vegetables in it.

2. Add chopped onions and ginger- garlic paste. Mix well.

3. Then add salt, black pepper powder and red chili powder.

4. Add maida or refined flour and corn flour.

5. Mix well. Make sure the dough should be in right consistency to make small ball, otherwise it will break in oil.

6. Make small balls out of this mixture and keep aside.

7. Heat a pan and add oil in it for frying the balls. When the oil becomes hot, enough to fry then gently add the balls one by one in hot oil. Do not disturb the balls for one minute because they are very delicate and it may break.

8. Fry on medium flame until it becomes golden brown from all sides.

9. Transfer the balls to a plate and keep aside for later use.

Step-2:

How to make sauce for veg. manchurian:

1. In a pan or kadai, heat two tbsp oil.

2. Add chopped garlic, ginger, onion and green chilies. Saute for a while.

3. Add chopped capsicum and fry for a minute.

4. Add salt, sugar and black pepper powder and mix well.

5. Add soy sauce, chili sauce and vinegar in it.

6. Add 2 cups of water and let comes a boil in it.

7. In a small bowl take one tbsp corn flour and two tbsp water and mix well. Add the mixture in the gravy and stir until the cornflour mixture mix well in the gravy.

8. Simmer till the sauce thickens and you can see a glaze in the sauce. The sauce will take 3 to 4 minutes to cook properly.

9. Check the consistency of the sauce. Add the fried balls in it and let it simmer for one minute.

10. Garnish with chopped spring onion.

11. Transfer it to a serving bowl and serve hot with noodles or vegetable fried rice.

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI RECIPE

Nibedita chili paneer recipe , Dinner

Chilli paneer recipe/paneer chilli recipe:

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI RECIPE is a popular indo-chinese recipe made with paneer or cottage cheese, vegetables and some sauces. It is full of tasty and crunchy vegetables, which gives a refreshing flavour to the dish.

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI is an easy and quick recipe; which can be prepared easily at home. It is a simple and easy recipe even for beginners. Basically, in this recipe paneer is coated with all purpose flour and corn flour with some spices and cooked with soy sauce, chili sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar to give it spicy and tangy taste. To make the recipe healthy you can avoid using maida or all purpose flour. You can also replace corn flour with rice flour.

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI is a great dish for all paneer lovers. This recipe is a great option to serve as appetizer or starter for any party or get- together. It is also an easy to make snack recipe. Even the gravy version of chilli paneer can be served as a side dish in lunch and dinner.

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI goes well with steamed rice, fried rice, jeera rice, schezwan fried rice and hakka noodles as side dish. It can also serve with roti, paratha, naan and any Indian bread.

Ingredients for chili paneeR:

1. Paneer – 250 grams

2. Onion- 1

3. Capsicum-1

4. Garlic(chopped)- 2 tbsp

5. Ginger (chopped)- 1 tbsp

6. Green chilies(chopped)- 1 tbsp

7. Ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp

8. Pepper powder- ½ tsp

9. Kashmiri red chili powder – 1 tsp

10. Chili sauce- 2 tbsp

11. Tomato ketchup- 3 to4 tbsp

12. Soy sauce- 1 tbsp

13. Vinegar – 1 tbsp

14. Corn flour- 3 to 4 tbsp

15. Salt

16. Oil

Instructions for making chili paneer:

1. Cut the paneer into cubes. Add Kashmiri chili powder, salt, black pepper powder and ginger- garlic paste and mix well.

2. Add 3 to 4 tbsp of corn flour in it and coat the paneer well with masalas and corn flour. Here you can add maida or all purpose flour, but I have not used. I do not prefer maida for health reason.

3. Heat oil in a pan and fry the paneer until it turns light golden brown in colour.

4. Fry the paneer in small batches. Transfer the fried paneer to a plate and keep aside.

5. Chop onion and capsicum into cubes.

6. Now we will make the sauce. For making sauce, heat 2 tbsp oil in same pan in which we had fried paneer pieces. Add chopped garlic and saute for a while. Add chopped ginger and green chilies and fry. After a while add onion cubes and saute.

7. When onions become translucent, add capsicum and salt and fry for 2 minutes. Do not overcook the onion and capsicum. Keep them crunchy.

8. Now add chili sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, and tomato ketchup in it. Add 2 tbsp water and let it gets a boil. Finally add fried paneer cubes and toss them well.

9. If you want gravy, then make slurry out of water and corn flour and mix it in paneer and sauce mixture. Let it simmer for one minute. Garnish with spring onions or chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

How to make chili paneer with step- by- step photo:

Step-1: cut paneer into cubes.

Step-2: Add Kashmiri chili powder, salt, black pepper powder and ginger- garlic paste and mix well.

Step-3: Add 3 to 4 tbsp of corn flour in it and coat the paneer well with masalas and corn flour.

Step-4: Heat oil in a pan and fry the paneer until it turns light golden brown in colour.

Step-5: Chop onion and capsicum into cubes.

Step-6: For making sauce, heat 2 tbsp oil in the same pan. Add chopped garlic and saute for a while.

Step-7: Add chopped ginger and green chilies and fry.

Step-8: After a while add onion cubes and saute.

Step-9: When onions become translucent, add capsicum and salt and fry for 2 minutes.

Step-10: Now add chili sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, and tomato ketchup in it.

Step-11: Add 2 tbsp water and mix well. Let it gets a boil.

Step-12: Finally add fried paneer cubes and toss them well.

Step-13: Garnish with spring onions or chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

How To Make Chilli Gobhi

Nibedita Chilli Gobhi , Dinner

CHILLI GOBHI RECIPE/ CHILLI CAULIFLOWER

Chilli gobhi is a popular Indo-chinese recipe. It is a quick and easy recipe, prepared with cauliflower florets, onion, chillies, flours and lots of spices. In this recipe cauliflower or gobhi is deep fried, tossed in a mild sweet and hot sauce. It is crisp and delicious as a starter and goes well with pulaos and fried rice too.

The recipe of chilli gobhi is a very simple and is made with very less ingredients. The main ingredients for this recipe are cauliflower, corn flour, maida, onion, garlic, chilli, capsicum, tomato ketchup, chilli sauce, soya sauce and vinegar. Firstly, make a thin batter by using corn flour and maida in which the gobhi florets are dipped and deep fried to prepare crispy gobhi fritters. Corn flour is used to make the fritters crisp and to hold the shape. Then, these fritters are stirfried in chilli sauce, soya sauce and tomato ketchup with onion and capsicum. Lastly, it is garnished with spring onion and white sesame and served hot immediately.

INGREDIENTS:

1. Medium size cauliflower-1

2. Onion-2(medium)

3. Capsicum-1(big)

4. Maida(Refined Flour)-1/2 cup

5. Corn flour-1/2 cup

6. Ginger-garlic paste-1 tsp

7. Garlic (chopped)-1 tbsp

8. Green chilli(chopped)-1 tbsp

9. Chilli sauce-1 tbsp

10. Soy sauce-1 tbsp

11. Tomato ketchup-2 to 3 tbsp

12. Black pepper powder-1 tsp

13. Spring onion(chopped)-2 tbsp (for garnishing)

14. White sesame-1 tsp(for garnishing)

HOW TO MAKE CHILLI GOBI

STEP-1: To make this recipe, first wash the cauliflower and the chop it into florets.

STEP-2: Heat water in a pan and boil the florets for 2 to 3 minutes with little salt. Drain the florets and keep aside.

STEP-3: Chop garlic, chillies and spring onion. Cut the onion and capsicum into cube.

STEP-4: Now take a bowl and add corn flour, maida, salt, ginger-garlic paste and chilli powder and mix well. Add water and make a smooth batter.

STEP-5: Heat oil in a pan on medium flame. Dip the florets in the batter and deep fry to make crisp gobhi fritters out of it.

STEP-6: Transfer the fritters to a plate and keep aside.

STEP-7: Heat 2 tbsp oil in the same pan and add chopped garlic and chillies. Saute for a while.

STEP-8: Then add onion cubes and capsicum cubes in it. Let the onion and capsicum to cook 2 to 3 mins till it becomes half done or the onion becomes transparent.

STEP-9: Add chilli sauce, soy sauce and tomato sauce along with salt, vinegar, ½ tsp sugar and black pepper powder and little water in it.

STEP-10: Make a mixture of corn flour and water. Add it to the mix and let it boil for a while. When the gravy becomes thick, add cauliflower fritters and mix well.

STEP-11: Garnish with chopped spring onion and transfer it into a serving bowl.

STEP-12: Sprinkle some white sesame on it and serve hot.

HOW TO MAKE CHILLI GOBI WITH STEP BY STEP PHOTO:

STEP-1: Wash the cauliflower and the chop it into florets.

STEP-2: Chop garlic, chillies and spring onion. Cut the onion and capsicum into cube.

STEP-3: Now take a bowl and add corn flour, maida, salt, ginger-garlic paste and chilli powder and mix well. Add water and make a smooth batter.

STEP-4: Heat water in a pan and boil the florets for 2 to 3 minutes with little salt. Drain the florets and keep aside.

STEP-5: Dip the florets in the batter and deep fry to make crisp gobhi fritters out of it.

STEP-6: Remove the fritters and keep them on a plate.

STEP-7: Heat 2tbsp oil in the same pan and add chopped garlic and chillies. Saute for a while.

STEP-8: Add capsicum and onions and saute.

STEP-9: Add chilli sauce, soy sauce and tomato sauce along with salt, vinegar, ½ tsp sugar and black pepper powder and little water in it.

STEP-10: Add corn flour and water mixture in it and let it boil for a while. When the gravy becomes thick add cauliflower fritters and mix well.

STEP-11: Garnish with chopped spring onion and white sesame.Transfer it to a serving bowl.

niv's kitchen

Monday, 15 June 2020