Paneer Manchurian

Ingredients:

• Paneer : 300 gm
• Chopped onion : 2 big
• Chopped ginger : 1 Tbsp
• Chopped garlic : 1 Tbsp
• Chopped green chilly : 1 Tbsp
• Spring onion : ¼ cup
• Capsicum : 1
• Soy sauce : 2 Tbsp
• Chilli sauce : 1 Tbsp
• Pepper powder : 1 Tsp
• Cornflour : 2 Tbsp
• Water : 2½ cups
• Oil : as rqd
• Salt : to taste

Cut the paneer into small pieces and shallow fry it. Keep it aside. Heat oil in a kadai and add the chopped ginger, garlic and chilly. Saute it for a few minutes. Then, add the chopped onion and capsicum and saute it again for a couple of minutes. Pour soy and chilly sauce into it and combine it. Add the 2½ cups of water along with pepper powder and required amount of salt into this and boil it well. Next, add the shallow fried paneer and boil it for a few minutes. Mix cornflour in ¼ cup of water and pour it into the paneer. When the gravy starts to thicken, remove it from fire and sprinkle with chopped spring onion.

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Gobi Manchurian (Dry)

Ingredients:

• Cauliflower (gobi) 1 small
• Capsicum 1
• Chilly 5 to 6
• Onion 2 med
• Celery 2 Tbsp
• Chopped ginger 1 piece
• Chopped garlic 2 Tbsp
• Pepper pdr 1 1/2 Tsp
• Tomato sauce 1 Tbsp
• Soy sauce 2 Tbsp
• Cornflour 1/4 cup
• Maida 1/4 cup
• Egg 1 (optional)
• Water 1 cup
• Sugar 1 Tsp
• Salt
• Oil

Soak cauliflower in hot water with little salt and turmeric pdr for 15 to 30 min. Drain the water and keep it aside. Mix together maida, little salt, egg (optional) and pepper pdr with little water and make it into a thick batter. Dip the cauliflower pieces in this batter and fry well. Heat oil in another pan and saute chilly, chopped ginger, garlic, onion and celery for few min. Then add capsicum and saute it for another 5 min. Pour soy sauce and tomato sauce into this and mix well. Add water, pepper pdr, sugar and rqd amount of salt into this and boil well. When the water thickens and becomes half the quantity, add the fried cauliflower and combine well. Transfer into a bowl and serve hot.

[Recipe Courtesy: Lekshmi Nair, Magic Oven]

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Braised Brinjal

Ingredients:

• Brinjal 3 to 4
• Ginger chopped 2 tsp
• Garlic chopped 3 tsp
• Spring onion 1/2 cup
• Dry chilly 3 to 4
• Corn flour 1 tbsp
• Soy sauce 2 Tbsp
• Sesame Oil 1 Tsp
• Salt
• Oil

Clean and cut the brinjal into medium pieces. Add a little water into the cornflour and make it into a paste. Heat oil in a pan and add dry chilly, chopped ginger and garlic. Saute it for 1 min and add brinjal. When it becomes golden brown, add spring onion, soy sauce, little water and cornflour paste. Saute well till it turns thick. Add sesame oil into it and remove from fire.
Courtesy: Vanitha

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Kung Pao Chicken

Ingredients:

• Boneless chicken 1/2 kg
• Egg white 1 (optional)
• Cornflour 2 1/2 tsp
• Ginger 1 tsp crushed
• Garlic 1 tsp crushed
• Dry chilly 5 to 6
• Spring onion 1 cup
• Sugar 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly paste 1 tsp
• Dark Soy Sauce 2 tbsp
• Sherry(Cooking Wine)1 tbsp
• Vinegar 1 tsp
• Pepper pdr 1 tbsp
• Peanuts(unsalted) 1/2 cup

Clean, wash and cut chicken into medium pieces. Marinate it with salt, beaten egg white, pepper pdr and 1/2 tsp of cornflour for 15 to 30 minutes. Add the rest of the cornflour to 2 tbsp of water and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a kadai and fry the marinated chicken in medium flame. Keep it aside. Heat oil in another pan and fry the peanuts well.

Add crushed ginger, garlic and splitted dry chilly into the same oil and stir it for 30 seconds. Then add fried chicken, chopped spring onion, sugar, soy sauce, chilly paste, sherry and vinegar. Mix well and stir it continously for 1 minute. Add required amount of salt, pepper pdr and cornflour. When it thickens, add fried peanuts.

Courtesy : Vanitha

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