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Gobhi Manchurian - Cauliflower Recipe | Your Food Fantasy

Gobi Manchurian Recipe

Meenu Gupta
A delicious Indo-Chinese appetizer made from cauliflower, corn flour, soya sauce, etc. Loved by most.
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Indo-Chinese
Servings 5
Calories 422 kcal

Equipment

  • Wide Mouth Pan or Wok

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Cup Cauliflower Florets
  • 7 Tablespoon Corn Flour
  • 6 Tablespoon All Purpose Flour/ Maida
  • 2 Green chillies Chopped
  • 1 Onion Small size, Finelyy chopped
  • 4 Tablespoon Spring Onion Chopped (Green part)
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • 1 Tablespoon Ginger Grated
  • 4 Garlic Cloves Finely chopped
  • 2 Tablespoon Soy Souce
  • 1 Tablespoon Red Chilli Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon White Vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 2 Teaspoon Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoon Oil
  • 250 Ml Oil For Deep Frying, not all oil will get used in deep frying.

Instructions
 

  • Boil water in a big and wide pan and blanch the cauliflower florets for 5-7 minutes in boiling water.
  • After that, drain out the water in a colander and spread them on a tray so that extra moisture evaporated.
    Removing moisture from Gobi - Gobi Manchurian Recipe
  • In a mixing bowl, add 4 tablespoon cornflour, 4 tablespoon all purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper powder. Mix them well with a spoon. Now with the help of water, make a runny batter of it. Beat it nicely so that there are no lumps.
  • Add the cauliflower florets in the batter and coat them well with the batter. Now add rest 2 tablespoon cornflour and all purpose flour and mix well. This will help in florets getting a good coating.
    Mixing Gobi with batter - Gobi Manchurian Recipe
  • Heat oil in a pan and drop these florets in hot oil one by one and few at a time. Deep fry them till they are light golden in colour. Take them out and keep on a kitchen towel.
    Fried Cauliflower - Gobi Manchurian Recipe
  • Once all the florets are fried, add them again to the hot oil and fry again for few minutes till they are nice brown in colour. Take them out.
    Second time deep fried cauliflower florets - Gobi Manchurian Recipe
  • In a separate pan, heat 2 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add chopped garlic and grated ginger and sauté. Add chopped chillies and onions to it and sauté again for 3-4 minutes. Add 3 tablespoon of spring onion greens and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add soy sauce, vinegar, chilli sauces, ketchup, sugar and rest of salt and pepper powder. Mix them well. Add 1/2 cup of water and let it boil. Meanwhile, mix one tablespoon of cornflour to the 1/3 cup of water. Add this to the cooking sauces and sauté till all gets boiled for few minutes.
    How to cook Gobi Manchurian | Your Food Fantasy
  • Add cauliflower florets now and mix everything well so that florets are nicely coated. Switch off the heat.
    Gobi Manchurian Recipe | Your Food Fantasy
  • Transfer to a serving bowl and spread the rest of spring onions on top and serve hot.

Notes

  1. Don’t over-boil the florets in boiling water. Boil only for 5-7 minutes as they will be properly cooked while frying. Over boiling can result in mashing of florets.
  2. For healthier version of this, you can use air-fried cauliflower.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Gobi Manchurian Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 422 Calories from Fat 279
% Daily Value*
Fat 31g48%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 911mg40%
Potassium 271mg8%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 63IU1%
Vitamin C 35mg42%
Calcium 27mg3%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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