Mix-Veg Dry Manchurian

Ingredients: 1 Cup Finely chopped or grated carrots, 1 Cup Finely chopped cabbage, 1/4 Cup All purpose flour/Maida , Crushed Garlic 1 tbsp, Crushed Ginger 1 tbsp, Finely chopped Onions 1 Cup, Finely chopped Tomato 1 Cup, Finely chopped Capsicum ½ cup , Soya Sauce ½ tsp, Vinegar 1 tbsp, Red Chilli sauce 1 tbsp, Tomato Sauce 1 tbsp, 2 Red dried whole chillies, Ajinomoto/Chinese salt 1 tsp, Black Pepper per taste, Salt per taste, Chopped coriander leaves and spring Onions for garnishing, Oil for frying.

Method: Mix carrots, cabbage, All purpose flour, corn starch, salt together to make a dough. There will be no water or a little water required to make the dough as the chopped vegetables will be enough to wet the flours. Make small balls with the prepared dough and deep fry them on medium heat till they are crispy. Keep the fried dumplings aside. In a big Pan heat 1 tbsp oil on high. Put whole chillies in hot oil for the spicy aroma. Now put the crushed garlic in the oil. After 1 min add the chopped Onions , capsicum and ginger . Add Ajinomoto salt, black pepper and little plain salt per taste. When the capsicum is tender add the tomato. When the tomatoes are little tender add soya sauce, vinegar, chilly sauce and tomato sauce and mix it properly. In the last add the fried dumplings and coat the dumplings properly with the fried masala and cook for another 2 minutes.

Serve the Manchurian with little garnishing of chopped coriander leaves and chopped spring onions with paranthas or as starters.