One of the most popular and staple dishes of Indo-Chinese cuisine.
Servings 4
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 20 minutesmins
Total Time 35 minutesmins
Ingredients
For Noodles
1packvegan noodles
waterto boil the noodles
1tbspoil
1tspchopped ginger
1tspchopped garlic
3scallionsfinely chopped
saltto taste
For Manchurian
2cupsshredded cabbageor finely chopped
1cupsliced onionthin julienne or finely chopped
1cupshredded carrots
1tbspginger-garlic paste
1tbspchopped serrano
1tsptamarior soy sauce
1tbspred chili sauce
½cup cornflour
½cuprice flour
saltto taste
¼tspblack pepper
oilfor frying
For the Sauce
1tbspoil
1tbspchopped ginger
1tbspchopped garlic
1cupwater
1tbspcornflour
1tbsptamari
1tbspred chili sauce
Instructions
In a mixing bowl combine your shredded cabbage, carrots, onions, ginger-garlic paste, serrano, tamari, red chili sauce, cornflour, rice flour, salt, and pepper. Mix it well.
Now fry this mixture in ping pong ball sized portions until they are crispy and golden brown. Once they're done remove them on a paper towel.
Cook the noodles as per the packaging instructions and set it aside.
Heat a wok on high heat and add a tablespoon of oil. Once it's hot, add your finely chopped ginger and garlic along with chopped scallions - the white part of scallions only, reserve the green part for garnishing. Quickly toss your noodles in for few seconds and remove it from the wok.
In the same wok, add another tablespoon of oil with chopped ginger, garlic, and saute it for few seconds. Since the heat is high, be careful not to burn your ginger-garlic.
Now add the tablespoon of cornflour in a cup of water and add this mixture to your wok.
Once it gets thickened add tamari, red chili sauce, and let it boil for a minute (add water if it gets too thick).
Add your fried Manchurian to the sauce and let it boil for another minute, then add the noodles, toss everything together for few seconds, and it's ready to serve. Garnish it with the green part of scallions that we reserved earlier.
Notes
Substitutes: Here, we have used vegan noodles and tamari in this recipe. You can always use soy sauce if you don't have tamari, and you can use egg noodles if you are not vegan.