Gravy Manchurian and fried rice is a popular Indo-Chinese combo made with deep-fried vegetable balls into spicy gravy served with Chinese-flavored rice. I loved Chinese food, especially Manchurian it’s my favorite. In this recipe, I made cabbage Manchurian which requires very less ingredients and also I share a few tips to make perfect non-sticky and flavorful fried rice. This recipe is easy to make with all the available ingredients in your kitchen. Do try it today.
The key to making restaurant-style gravy Manchurian and fried rice at home are
For gravy Manchurian
- I made a Manchurian ball only with cabbage; you can also add another vegetable too.
- Squeeze water from the cabbage, so it will require less flour while binding Manchurian balls.
- Fry Manchurian balls on medium heat.
- Manchurian balls become crispier while they are fried for the second time on high flame.
For fried rice
- Use long-grain basmati rice for fried rice.
- Cook rice only 80-90%, do not overcook it.
- Stir-fry the finely chopped vegetables on a high flame before adding cooked rice. At the same time, do not overcook the veggies it has to be crunchy and has to hold their shape.
- Mix rice gently with vegetables, so it does not break
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Ingredients
For Manchurian balls
- 2 cup grated cabbage
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp black pepper powder
- 3 tbsp maida
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- Oil for frying
For Manchurian gravy
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp chopped ginger
- 2 tbsp chopped garlic
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped spring onion
- ¼ cup capsicum slices
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1.5 cup water
- ½ cup cabbage water
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup spring onion greens
For veg. fried rice
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 5 cup water
- 1 tsp + 2 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup spring onion
- ¼ cup chopped carrot
- 2 tbsp chopped cabbage
- 2 tbsp chopped green beans
- ¼ cup chopped capsicum
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- Garnish with spring onion greens
Instructions
Making Manchurian balls
- Cut cabbage into rough pieces.
- Now in a mixture jar, add cabbage pieces, and on pulses grind it coarse.
- Take out the coarse cabbage mixture into the cotton cloth and squeeze water from it. Do not discard its water.
- Now in a mixing bowl, add grated cabbage, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, salt, and pepper powder. Mix well.
- Now add maida and corn flour and form a soft dough.
- Make small-size Manchurian balls.
- deep fry in hot oil keeping the flame on medium. Stir occasionally, until the balls turn golden brown. Drain off the Manchurian balls and keep them aside.
- Now again heat oil on high flame, add all fried Manchurian balls and fry it for 2 minutes for the crispy outer layer.
- Manchurian balls are ready.
Making gravy
- In a pan, add oil, chopped ginger and garlic. Sauté for a minute.
- Then add green chilli, chopped onion and chopped spring onion. Sauté for 2 minutes.
- Then add chopped capsicum and stir fry until it shrinks slightly.
- Then add soya sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, vinegar salt and pepper powder. Mix well.
- Add 1.5 cups of water and also cabbage water into the pan. bring one boil into the gravy.
- Now add 1 tbsp cornflour+water mixture and mix well.
- Continue to boil until the gravy thickens and turns glossy.
- Add in prepared veg Manchurian balls, and 2 tbsp spring onion and mix well.
- Serve veg manchurian gravy with fried rice.
Making vegetable fried rice
- Wash rice under running cold water till water runs clear. Soak rice for 20 minutes
- In a pan, add 5 cups of water, 1 tsp oil and salt. Bring water to a boil.
- Add soaked rice and mix well. Cook rice 80-90% on medium flame. it takes around 8-10 minutes.
- Discard water from boiled rice and add cold water to cooked rice to stop its cooking process.
- Now in a kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil and stir-fry chopped garlic cloves, chopped onion, and spring onion. Sauté for a minute.
- furthermore add vegetables like ¼ carrot, 2 tbsp cabbage, 2 tbsp green beans, ¼ capsicum, salt and sugar.
- stir fry on high flame without overcooking vegetables.
- now lower the flame and add soya sauce and vinegar. stir-fry until the sauce is combined well.
- keeping the flame on high, add cooked rice, pepper powder and spring onion greens. Mix well.
- stir-fry by mixing well making sure rice grains won't break.
- Serve veg fried rice with gravy manchurian.
Notes
Cabbage Manchurian
- tomato ketchup gives good taste and color to Manchurian gravy.
- To make thick gravy, add corn flour + water mixture.
- Add fried Manchurian balls into gravy at the time of serving.
- add cold water to cooked rice to stop its cooking process.
- cook vegetables on high flame.
- mix rice grain gently so it will not break down.
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