Veg Ball Manchurian with Veg Fried Rice

In this post , I present one of our favourite chinese combo... Veg ball Manchurian with Veg Fried Rice. Fried Rice is pretty simple & cud b made in a jiffy.


VEG BALL MANCHURIAN

INGREDIENTS:

For Veg Balls:

Grated Carrots
1 Cup
Grated Cabbage
1 Cup
Garlic
2 pod chopped finely/crushed
Crushed Green Chillies
1 tsp
Corn Flour
1 tsp
Plain Flour
1 tsp
Salt
To Taste
Oil
For frying

For Gravy :

 Spring Onions / Red onions
 1 nos chopped finely
Freshly grated Ginger
1 tsp
Dark Soya Sauce
2 tsp
Tomato ketchup
1 tsp
Freshly ground pepper
1 tsp
Corn flour
1 tsp
Ajinomoto
1/2 tsp
Water
1-1.5 cup

DIRECTIONS:
Combine Carrots & Cabbage together first and squeeze them nicely to remove all the excess juice from it. To it add green chillies , garlic , required salt , corn flour, plain flour and mix them well. Make small balls out of them. This preparation will yield 8 manchurian balls.

Deep fry the manchurian balls and drain them to a kitchen towel .

For Preparation of the gravy:

Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and add ginger , green chillies & onions. Saute them for 2 min . Add Soya Sauce ,Tomato ketchup,Ajinomotto,pepper & required salt and saute for 1 more min.Add required amount of water depending upon the requirement of the gravy. I have added 1.5 cups of water. Allow it to boil for 3-4 minutes. Simultaneously dissolve cornflour powder in 1/4 cup of water and stir well. Add this cornflour mixture to the boiling gravy and the gravy will attain a suitable consistency. Turn of the flame and keep the gravy aside.Add the manchurian balls just before serving.

VEGETABLE FRIED RICE

INGREDIENTS :

Basmathi Rice
2 cups
Carrot
1/4 cup chopped finely
Green Peas
Handful
Green Chillies
2 Slit length wise
Onions
1/2 cup
Freshly grated Ginger
1 tsp
Garlic chopped finely
1 tsp
SOya Sauce
2 tsp
Freshly ground pepper
1/2 tsp
Salt
To Taste


DIRECTIONS:

Wash the rice ,drain all the water & keep it aside for 20-30 minutes.
In a large nonstick pan , add twice the amount of water for rice and allow it to boil. Add a pinch of salt , 1 tsp of Olive Oil & rice. Once the water in the rice evaporates to the level just above rice, lower flame completely ,cover the pan with lid & cook for 5-7 minutes. Now turn of the flame and allow the rice to cool down.
You will find rice cooked so beautifully ,each grain separated. I have learnt this trick of cooking rice from Vah re Vah.
Heat oil in a pan ,add all the chopped vegetables along with green chillies ,ginger & garlic and saute them for 3-4 minutes. Add the required Salt & pepper to it & saute for 1 more min.
Add the cooked rice & soya sauce and mix well. Cook the fried rice for about 2 minutes and serve hot.

Kitchen Notes :
I have used Red onions in this preparation of veg ball manchurian.. just because I didnt have Sping Onions in stock.
Soya sauce itself contains a bit of salt .So we need to be careful with salt addition.


Cheers