Gobhi Manchurian ( Cauliflower Manchurian) Made Healthy!

Gobhi manchurian is ane of the most pop Indo-Chinese dish. Rarely would at that topographic point live an Indian who is non familiar amongst Gobhi manchurian. It is oftentimes served equally a vegetarian choice inward appetizers/starters together with also equally a side-dish. Like most tasty dishes, this ane packs a lot of calories, primarily due to the fact that the cauliflower florets are fried together with and then ane time to a greater extent than sautéed inward oil! I likewise dear this dish, but refrain from making it oftentimes due to the high fossil oil content. I accept pondered for long on ways to arrive gluten-free together with healthy. I ane time set the florets inward corn flour batter together with baked it together with made it but was non happy amongst the results. I tried a combination of corn flour together with rice flour together with baked it.. Didn't operate either. The batter would flatten ane side of the florets that stayed on the parchment newspaper together with didn't laissez passer on a overnice appearance.

Recently, an stance struck me when I was making Butternut squelch fries! How most I utilisation the technique of putting the florets inward a ziplock pocketbook together with adding corn flour to it together with and then baking it?? Well, approximate what?? I tried it together with the florets baked beautifully to the desired consistency. I withal had blanched the florets inward the microwave to trim the cooking ( baking) time. I am happy that I accept finally establish a method to brand the Manchurian without likewise much fossil oil land maintaining the same taste.

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:

Cauliflower: 1 medium head, separated into florets.
Water: iv quarts for blanching the cauliflower.

For the cauliflower coating:
Corn flour: ii tbsp
All role flour: 1 tbsp
Kashmiri ruby-red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp ( optional)
Ginger garlic paste: 1/2 tsp
Soy sauce: 1 tbsp

For the sauce:
Cooking oil: 1 tbsp
Onion: 1 medium, chopped fine
Garlic: 4-6 cloves, chopped fine
Ginger: 1 inch piece, chopped fine
Green chillies: 4-6, slit
Scallions: 2-3, chopped fine, white together with dark-green parts kept separate.
Soy sauce: ii tbsp
Tomato sauce: ii tbsp
Chilli sauce: 1 tsp ( optional)
Salt: to taste
Sugar: 1/4 tsp

Method:

Boil iv quarts H2O amongst 1/4 tsp tabular array salt inward a saucepan. Turn off the flame. Add the cauliflower florets to the water. Let it sit down for 5mins. Remove them together with dry out the florets completely using newspaper towels.

Take the florets inward a microwave-safe bowl together with steam them for 4-5 mins.
Let it cool down.

Preheat the oven to 400 deg F.
Line a baking canvas amongst parchment newspaper together with move along ready.

Once the cauliflower florets accept cooled down, add together them to a ziplock/ plastic bag. Add cornflour, all role flour( maida), ruby-red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste, soy sauce together with mix good past times shaking the bag.

Arrange the florets on the baking canvas inward a unmarried layer. Bake them for 20-30 minutes, turning them ane time half-way through.

The florets should live overnice together with crisp ( non burnt).

While the cauliflower is baking, laid the sauce to become amongst it.

Heat a wok/skillet/ frying pan on high flame.

Heat 1 tbsp cooking oil. Add the chopped garlic, sauté for few seconds, add together chopped ginger, sauté for few seconds. Add inward the chopped onions together with sauté until the onions plough transparent. Add the dark-green chillies.

Add inward the sauces.

Add the baked cauliflower florets together with mix until good blended.

Serve hot! Can live served equally a starter or equally a side dish amongst rice/bread/roti.

Enjoy! I am bringing this to Angie's Fiesta Friday! Suzanne@apuginthekitchen together with Sue@birgerbird are co-hosts this weekend.

Cooking made easy:

To larn eating seat mode gustatory modality to Chinese-style cooking, it is essential to utilisation a Fe wok. Don't utilisation whatever other metal. Also ready on high flame. Heat the wok first. Once it is hot enough, add together inward the oil. If you lot add together the fossil oil first, together with then the fossil oil volition live likewise hot together with the garlic volition plough brown! Also, all cooking should live done at high heat. You produce non necessitate to ready for long land cooking on high heat. Sauté everything but for a few seconds.

Tip for salubrious living:

While using fossil oil for cooking at high heat, utilisation oils that don't degrade upon heating at high temperatures. Examples for such oils would live kokosnoot oil, sesame oil, mustard fossil oil together with peanut oil. These oils tin sustain high temperatures together with don't generate gratis radicals upon heating.
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Food for thought:

Start past times doing what's necessary ; together with then produce what's possible; together with of a abrupt you lot are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi

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