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Vegetable Manchurian ( Easy Chinese Recipe )
Tarla Dalal
16 December, 2024
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About Vegetable Manchurian ( Easy Chinese Recipe )
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Ingredients
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Methods
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For the Vegetable Manchurian Balls
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For the Manchurian Gravy
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How to proceed for the Vegetable Manchurian
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vegetable manchurian recipe | Chinese vegetable manchurian | Indo Chinese veg manchurian | with 29 amazing images.
vegetable manchurian recipe is an Indo Chinese veg manchurian dish that has become so famous that it is available everywhere these days, from roadside eateries and local restaurants to Indian wedding menus and specialty diners too!
The succulent vegetable manchurian features deep-fried vegetable balls in a thick gravy that is flavoured with typical Chinese ingredients like ginger, garlic and soy sauce. This desi interpretation of the Chinese dish has no MSG or Ajinomoto in vegetable Manchurian.
Chinese vegetable manchurian is quite easy to make but you just need to take care of one thing – the vegetable balls should be of the right consistency, if the mix is too loose it will break while frying.
Notes on vegetable Manchurian recipe. 1. When you start mixing a little bit more, the vegetables will start releasing water and the wet mixture will start coming together. It will look like this. Do not squeeze the mixture too much as it might become very loose. 2. Deep fry a few vegetable balls at a time, on a medium flame, until golden brown from all sides. It is very important to have the oil at the right temperature while deep frying. If the oil is too hot, the balls will burn from outside and remain undercooked and doughy from insde. We have fried the vegetable balls in batches of 5, each batch taking 4-5 minutes to cook. 3. Now add the cornflour-water mixture and cook for 3-4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. As cornflour does not dissolve in water, always stir the mixture well before adding it to any sauce or gravy. The reason for adding this is for the gravy to get thicker as it cooks. If the gravy is too thin after 3 to 4 minutes, you can add more of the cornflour-water mixture. But if the gravy is too thick, you can add more water or stock to it to adjust the consistency
Serve the Chinese vegetable manchurian piping hot with Burnt Garlic Rice or Hakka Noodles.
For more options, do check out our section of Recipes for Chinese Vegetables.
Learn how to make vegetable manchurian recipe | Chinese vegetable manchurian | Indo Chinese veg manchurian | with detailed step by step photos and video below.
Vegetable Manchurian ( Easy Chinese Recipe ) recipe - How to make Vegetable Manchurian ( Easy Chinese Recipe )
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
36 Mins
Total Time
51 Mins
Makes
6 servings
Ingredients
For The Vegetable Manchurian Balls
3 cups finely chopped cabbage
1 1/4 cups grated carrot
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
3 tbsp cornflour
8 tbsp plain flour (maida)
salt and to taste
oil for deep-frying
For The Gravy For Vegetable Manchurian
1 tbsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
2 tsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
3 tbsp chopped spring onions whites
3 tbsp chopped capsicum
2 cups clear vegetable stock or water
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp of water
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste
For Garnish
finely chopped spring onion greens
Method
For the vegetable manchurian balls
- Combine the cabbage, carrots, onions, garlic, green chillies, salt, pepper, cornflour and plain flour in a bowl and mix well to combine.
- Divide the mixture into 24 equal portions and shape each portion into a round ball.
- Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and deep-fry the balls, a few at a time, on a medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides.
- Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.
For the vegetable manchurian gravy
- Combine the cornflour and 4 tbsps of water in a deep bowl, mix well and keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan on a high flame.
- Add the garlic, ginger and green chillies and sauté on a high flame for a few seconds.
- Add the spring onion whites and capsicum and sauté on a high flame for 1 minute.
- Add the soy sauce and red chilli sauce, mix well and sauté on a high flame for a few seconds.
- Add 2 1/2 cups of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Add the cornflour-water mixture, mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add the salt and pepper, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
How to proceed to make vegetable manchurian
- Just before serving, add the manchurian balls to the hot gravy, mix gently and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Serve the vegetable manchurian immediately garnished with spring onion greens.
Vegetable Manchurian, Veg Manchurian with gravy Recipe, Manchurian gravy Video by Tarla Dalal
Vegetable Manchurian ( Easy Chinese Recipe ) recipe with step by step photos
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For the Manchurian balls, we first have to prep the ingredients and keep so it is easier and faster to prepare. For that, finely chop the cabbage, onions, garlic and chillies and grate the carrots.
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In a deep mixing bowl put the cabbage.
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Then add grated carrot to it. Cabbage and carrot are the 2 most important ingredients for Veg Manchurian balls. You can even add french beans to this recipe if you like.
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Now add the onions to this as well.
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Add the finely chopped garlic. You can even grate the garlic if you wish but it make sure there are no big pieces as they might be pungent to bite on.
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Also add the finely chopped green chillies to the bowl.
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Add the salt and pepper to the vegetables. Salt releases the water from the vegetables which will enable the mixture to combine properly without adding any additional water.
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Now add the binding agent – cornflour.
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Add plain flour as well. Plain flour gives crispiness to the vegetable balls.
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Start mixing the ingredients with your hands. It will first be a dry mixture.
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When you start mixing a little bit more, the vegetables will start releasing water and the wet mixture will start coming together. It will look like this. Do not squeeze the mixture too much as it might become very loose.
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Take small spoonfuls of the mixture in your hands and shape them into small balls. If the mixture is too sticky then you might have to apply a little oil on your hands before shaping them into balls. It is very important that the balls hold their shape. We have made 24 Vegetable Manchurian balls.
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Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan, enough to cover a few balls at a time. Deep fry a few vegetable balls at a time, on a medium flame, until golden brown from all sides. It is very important to have the oil at the right temperature while deep frying. If the oil is too hot, the balls will burn from outside and remain undercooked and doughy from insde. We have fried the vegetable balls in batches of 5, each batch taking 4-5 minutes to cook.
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Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.
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To make the Manchurian gravy for vegetable Manchurian | Chinese vegetable manchurian | Indo Chinese veg Manchurian | combine the cornflour with 4 tbsps water in a small bowl and keep aside.
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Heat the oil in a wok or a deep non-stick pan on a high flame and add the garlic. Almost all Chinese cooking is done on a high flame to get an intense flavor.
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Then add the ginger.
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Now finally add the finely chopped green chillies. These 3 ingredients form the base of chinese cooking flavors. Mix well and stir fry only for a few seconds as we do not want them to burn.
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Now add the spring onion whites. We have not finely chopped these as we still want them to retain a bite.
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With this, also add the capsicum. These are also not finely chopped.
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Sauté these on a high flame for 1 minute only.
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Now add the soy sauce and red chilli sauce and stir for a few seconds.
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Now add 2 1/2 cups of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally. For a more intense flavor, you can even use vegetable stock. We have added so much water because we are making manchurian with gravy. If you want to make it without gravy, then check out the recioe for Dry Manchurian.
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Now add the cornflour-water mixture and cook for 3-4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. As cornflour does not dissolve in water, always stir the mixture well before adding it to any sauce or gravy. The reason for adding this is for the gravy to get thicker as it cooks. If the gravy is too thin after 3 to 4 minutes, you can add more of the cornflour-water mixture. But if the gravy is too thick, you can add more water or stock to it to adjust the consistency
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Add the salt and pepper at this point.
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Simmer this sauce on a medium flame for 1 minutes till the gravy is thick and has a shine to it.
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Just before serving, put the vegetable balls in the gravy and bring the gravy to a boil and cook for 1-2 minutes till heated through.
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Garnish the vegetable manchurian | Chinese vegetable manchurian | Indo Chinese veg manchurian | with spring onion greens.
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Serve vegetable manchurian | Chinese vegetable manchurian | Indo Chinese veg manchurian | hot with burnt garlic fried rice.
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Syeda ambreen
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks a lot Tarla mam.This recipe is just awesome every member liked it
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks Syeda. We are delighted you and your family loved the Veg Manchurian recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback. Happy Cooking.
Seema
March 13, 2025, midnight
Loved the detailed photos of the Veg Manchurian recipe which was super easy to follow.
Vedu
March 13, 2025, midnight
Yummy i and full family enjoyed the recipe. Could you give some more suggestion to improve sauce taste. Is there any need of adding MSG. If there then....... . Tysm
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Yes, you can add MSG in the sauce if you wish as that is a taste enhancer.
Nibedita basu majumdar
March 13, 2025, midnight
nahid
March 13, 2025, midnight
such a good and delicious recepie.. luv it...easy to make
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Nahid, Thank you for your kind words. Do try more and more recipes and let us know how they turned out. Happy Cooking !!
Jigna
March 13, 2025, midnight
Amazing recipe, my family loved it and ekdam hotel jaisa Manchurian. Thank you tarla dalal and team
nirupama
March 13, 2025, midnight
very delisius
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Nirupama, We are very happy to know you loved the recipe. Do try more and more recipes and let us know how you enjoyed them. Happy Cooking !!
sailaja
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Sailaja , we are delighted you loved the Manchurian recipe and thank you for your kind words that inspire the Tarla Dalal team. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback and review recipes you have loved. Happy Cooking.
Srushti Valia
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thank you so much Tarla mam for such easy n yum recipe. Have grown up seeing your shows. You are missed mam. Thank you Tarla Dalal Team.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Srushti , we are delighted you loved the Manchurian recipe and thank you for your kind words that inspire the Tarla Dalal team. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback and review recipes you have loved. Happy Cooking.
meghna sathe
March 13, 2025, midnight
All of ur recipes are so aptly stated for a newcomer to try with ease. I am learning to cook with ur recipes only. I am thankful to u mam??
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Meghna , we are delighted you loved the Veg Manchurian recipe and thank you for your kind words that inspire the Tarla Dalal team. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback and review recipes you have loved. Happy Cooking.
Sweety
March 13, 2025, midnight
Raj kishor
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks Raj. We are delighted you loved the Veg Manchurian recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback. Happy Cooking.
mahi sha
March 13, 2025, midnight
thnk u mam....i added litl tomato ketchup. it ws awsm..thnk u once again mam fr ds lovly recipe..my papa lovd it somch
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Mahi, We are very happy to know you have loved the recipe. Do try more and more recipes and let us know how they turned out. Happy Cooking !!
Tina Agarwal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Amazing recipe. My husband loved it. Ekdum restaurant style. Thank you tarla dalal and team and keep sharing yummy new recipes.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Tina , we are delighted you loved the Manchurian recipe and thank you for your kind words that inspire the Tarla Dalal team. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback and review recipes you have loved. Happy Cooking.
Pragati Sharma
March 13, 2025, midnight
Mam what is ''vegetable stalk''?
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Pragati, vegetable stock is a flavoured liquid preparation. It forms the basis of many dishes, particularly soups and sauces. Here is the recipe link for vegetable stock http://www.tarladalal.com/Vegetable-Stock-(-Soups-and-Salads-Recipe-)-33984r
heta
March 13, 2025, midnight
Nishad
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Mam , I am just a teenage girl inspired by ur cooking . I have tried many recipies of yours and they have turned and tasted pretty good for me. Now bcaz of u i am kitchen queen for my family . do inspire us more Thankyou
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Nishad, well done and great to see your passion in cooking. You will become better and better in cooking over time and your passion will show. Keep posting your reviews on recipes you loved on this site as it will help others.
Kefiya
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hii mam,, This recipe is too good but i have a doubt--do we have to boil vegetables before adding it to flour
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Kefiya, No you do not need to boil them.
Aafrin
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hii mam,, This recipe is too good but i have a doubt--do we have to boil vegetables before adding it to flour???
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Aafrin, No you do not need to boil them.
sancha
March 13, 2025, midnight
nic one
salini
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks Salini. We are delighted you loved the Veg Manchurian recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback. Happy Cooking.
Foodie #508073
March 13, 2025, midnight
ihave tried many recipes for veg. manchurian but this recipe was very awesome. All the guests at the party wer full of praises. The taste of the gravy was really different and tasty
SejalBhatiya
March 13, 2025, midnight
Foodie #495062
March 13, 2025, midnight
It was my first time when i was preparing chinese stuff.It turned out to b gud with few refomities in it.I have bolied my vegetables before makig balls.Have used vinegar while preparing its gravy.These vegetablesballs can b one of the starters at home.
Anugya Masih
March 13, 2025, midnight
vry nice n easy recipe..I made it n it was awesome in taste..thank u so much..:)
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks Anugya. We are delighted you loved the Veg Manchurian recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback. Happy Cooking.
rk14
March 13, 2025, midnight
I dont want to add carrots what may i do
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
You can increase other vegetables, and add french beans.
asha
March 13, 2025, midnight
Easiest recipe!!!!!!!! Thnx a lot ....
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks Asha. We are delighted you loved the recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback.
mallikarjuna reddy
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Welcome Mallikarjuna. We are delighted you loved the recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback. Happy Cooking.
Ravi Chandra
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks for the feedback !!! Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.
Hemant Vaidya
March 13, 2025, midnight
Very tasty though made without the ingredients like onions, spring onions and garlic
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi, great to know you have tried with variation. do keep giving your feedbacks.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi, Great job. you have made with these ingredients. Do keep trying more recipes and give us your feedback
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