Gobhi (cauliflower) Manchurian

Step 1

Take a pot and add  4 cups of water with 2 tsp salt, wait until water starts boiling.

Step 2

Add gobhi, and boil for about 3 or 4 minutes on medium heat.

Step 3

Strain gobhi and let it sit for 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 4

Take a bowl, and add corn flour, all purpose flour,  salt to taste and make a thick paste (with consistency similar to tomato ketchup) .

Step 5

Heat the oil in a  frying pan on medium heat.

Step 6

Dip gobhi florets into flour  mix and coat it fully. Fry one or two florets into hot oil and check to make sure that flour mixture is not separated from florets. If it does, add 1 tsp all purpose flour,  1 tsp cornstarch and salt (If required, add additional flour) into flour mix to make it thicker.

Step 7

Fry all of florets (till golden in color) and keep aside.

Step 8

Optionally, to make gobhi florets crispier, fry it once till semi fried. Let it cool and fry it again on high flame till golden in color.

Step 9

For the sauce

Step 10

Take a wok and add oil, wait until hot then put garlic, onion, green chillies and add little bit of salt.

Step 11

After about a minutes, add soya sauce, red chilli paste and ketchup, stir in the pan.

Step 12

Now add spring onions

Step 13

Add 1 cup water.

Step 14

Take a small bowl, mix  2 tsp cornstarch mix in 3 tsp of  water and add to the wok

Step 15

Stir till it becomes thick  (tomato ketchup like consistency). If required, add more cornstarch or water as necessary. Put off the flame.

Step 16

Take a big serving bowl, add fried gobhi florets and pour the sauce on top and mix .

Step 17

Garnish with spring onion and serve hot.

Step 18

Enjoy!