Gobhi Manchurian - Dry and Gravy

Gobhi manchurian can be made dry as well as with gravy.

Dry gobhi manchurian is good if had as appetizer and the gravy is goes well with the hakka noodles or fried rice.

Ingredients :

For dumpling :

• Cauliflower Florets
• Cornflour - 1tbsp
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Chilli Sauce - 1/tbsp
• Ginger paste - 1/2 tbsp
• Water - 1/2 cup

For Sauce :

• Soya sauce - 1 tbsp
• Chilli paste -1 tsp
• Green chillies chopped - 1-2
• Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
• Chopped garlic - 1 tbsp
• Chopped ginger - 1 or 2 tbsp
• Chopped Spring onions -1/2 cup
• Salt - to taste
• Ajinomoto*
• oil ( sesame preferred ) - 4 tbsp
• Vegetable stock ( for gravy ) - 1 cup
• Cornflour. - 1tbsp

Directions to make gobhi dumplings :

• Mix cornflour in water, add pepper powder, chilli sauce and ginger paste to the mixture.
• No need to add salt as you will have salt in the sauce, however if you wish you can add very little salt to this mixture.
• Dip the couliflower florets into this mixture so that they are coated from all the sides and deep fry them.
• Remove them from oil when they change color to slight reddish brown.

Directions to make sauce :

• In a wok, add sesame oil ( or vegetable oil ), heat it, and add finely chopped ginger, finely chopped garlic.
• Add chopped spring onions, green chillies, black pepper powder, soy sauce, chilli paste, ajinomoto, very little salt.
• The sauce is now ready for dry manchurian.

To make dry manchurian :

• Add the gobhi dumplings to the sauce and toss them.
• The sauce should be just enough to coat the dumplings on all the sides, and its ready .

To make gravy manchurian :

• To the sauce mentioned above, add some vegetable stock.
• Add some more soy sauce and some more salt.
• Add some cornflour in little water and make a paste.
• Add this paste of cornflour to the sauce . This will thicken the sauce for gravy.
• Add the gobhi dumplings to this gravy and your gravy gobhi manchurian is ready.
• Garnish with chopped spring onions.