VEGETABLE FRIED RICE + VEGETABLE MANCHURIAN

Vegetable Fried rice

Ingredients

1. Basmati rice- 1 cup
2. Ginger chopped finely- 1/2 ” piece
3. Garlic -2 cloves
4. Spring onion chopped- 2 tbsp
5. Onion chopped- 1 small
6. Carrot,beans and cabbage finely chopped – 2 cups
7. Soya sauce-3/4 tbsp
8. Tomato ketchup-3/4 tbsp
9. Pepper powder-1/2 tsp(or to taste)
10. Oil
11. Salt to taste.

Method

• Cook rice  and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan add chopped ginger and garlic and saute till raw smell leaves.
• Now add the spring onion and chopped onion, saute for few minutes.
• Add chopped vegetables and saute till it is just done .(do not over cook)
• Now add the soya sauce, tomato sauce, pepper powder and salt to taste, mix well.
• Add the cooked rice and mix carefully until combined.Cook for a few minutes and switch off the stove.
• Garnish with chopped spring onion and serve with Vegetable manchurian.

Vegetable Manchurian

Ingredients

For the manchurian balls

1. Cabbage chopped-1 cup
2. Carrot grated-3/4 cup
3. Beans chopped finely-1/4 cup
4. Onion chopped- 1 small no
5. Green chilies chopped- 1 or 2(according to taste)
6. Ginger  chopped finely-1/2 ” piece
7. Garlic chopped finely-1 clove
8. Soya sauce- 1/2 tsp
9. Cornflour-2 tbsp
10. Bread crumbs- 2 tbsp ( you can use all purpose flour or even cooked rice)
11. Chili powder-1/2 tsp
12. Salt to taste
13. oil

For the sauce

1. Ginger chopped- 1 tsp
2. Garlic chopped- 1tsp
3. Green chilies chopped- 1 no(or to taste)
4. Red chili flakes- 1 tsp
5. Onion chopped- 1 medium
6. Spring onion chopped-3 tbsp
7. Bell pepper chopped- 1/2
8. Chili powder- 1/2 tsp
9. Soya sauce-1/2 tbsp
10. Tomato ketchup-1/2 tbsp
11. Cornflour-1 tbsp
12. Water
13. Oil
14. Salt to taste

Method

• Heat a pan ,add cabbage,carrot ,beans and onion,cook the vegetables for a 2-3 minutes or until half cooked.(add a few tsp of water if required)
• Squeeze out excess water from the half cooked veggies.
• Mix the cooked vegetables withe rest of the ingredients for the manchurian balls until combined.
• Make small balls out of this mixture.(if you cant shape the mixture into balls add more breadcrumbs)
• Deep fry the balls in hot oil till it turns golden brown.Keep aside
• (If you don’t want to deep fry it just heat a unniappam pan /paniyaram pan ,add a few drops of oil in each holes and cook the balls ,make sure you turn the sides every 5 minutes to make sure all the sides are evenly cooked.)
• Now for the sauce,heat oil in a pan and add the chopped garlic ,ginger,red chili flakes and green chilies.saute till the raw smell leaves.
• Now add chopped onion and  spring onion and saute for  a minute,add chopped bell pepper.Cook for few minutes.
• Add chili powder and mix well.
• Add soya sauce ,tomato ketchup,salt to taste and  required amount of water,bring to a boil.
• Now mix cornflour with 1/4 cup water and add it to the sauce.Mix well.
• When the sauce thickens add the manchurian balls and switch off the stove
• Garnish with spring onions and serve.

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