Veg Manchurian Recipe (Dry & Gravy) | Restaurant-Style Indo-Chinese Dish

 

Veg Manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese dish made from finely chopped vegetables shaped into balls and fried until crisp.
The dry version is tossed in a flavorful mix of garlic, soy sauce, chili sauce, and spring onions, making it a perfect appetizer or starter.
The gravy version features the same vegetable balls simmered in a rich, glossy, and mildly spicy sauce, ideal to serve with fried rice, Hakka noodles, or steamed rice.

For Manchurian Balls

• 1 cup grated cabbage

• ½ cup grated carrot

• ¼ cup finely chopped capsicum

• ¼ cup spring onions

• 2–3 tbsp all-purpose flour (maida)

• 1–2 tbsp cornflour

• Salt & pepper to taste

• Oil for frying

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For Sauce

• 1 tbsp oil

• 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic

• 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger

• 2 green chilies slit

• 2 tbsp spring onion whites

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 1 tbsp red chili sauce

• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup

• ½ tsp vinegar

• ½ tsp pepper

• Salt as needed

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Instructions

1. Make the balls: Mix vegetables, flour, corn flour, salt, and pepper. Form small balls.

2. Fry: Deep-fry or air-fry until golden and crisp.

3. Prepare sauce: Heat oil → add garlic, ginger, spring onion whites → sauté. Add sauces, vinegar, pepper.

4. Combine: Toss fried balls on high flame until coated.

5. Serve: Hot with noodles or fried rice.

Veg Manchurian Gravy

Additional Gravy Ingredients

• 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with ½ cup water (slurry)

• 1½ cups water or veg stock

Instructions

1. Follow the same steps for making Manchurian balls.

2. Prepare sauce, add water/stock, bring to a boil.

3. Add the cornflour slurry; simmer until thick.

4. Add Manchurian balls and spring onion greens.

5. Serve with fried rice or noodles.

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Some images in this blog post are AI-generated and used only for illustrative purposes. The final dish may look slightly different in real life.