OYSTER MUSHROOM 🍄 & BABY CORN 🌽 MANCHURIAN:
INGREDIENTS (1 CUP = 240ML )
▢ 200 grams mushrooms (1 & ¼ cup sliced)
▢ ¾ cup baby corn sliced
▢ 4 tablespoons plain flour ( or maida )
▢ 3 tablespoons corn flour ( or corn starch)
▢ ½ teaspoon pepper powder
▢ ½ teaspoon red chilli powder (optional)
▢ Salt as needed
▢ Water as needed to make batter
▢ Oil for frying
Ingredients for making sauce
▢ 1 tablespoon oil olive or sesame oil
▢ ½ to ¾ tablespoon garlic (minced)
▢ ½ to ¾ tablespoon ginger (minced)
▢ ¼ cup spring onion whites, chopped
▢ ¼ to ½ cup capsicum chopped / bell pepper
▢ 1 teaspoon corn flour or corn starch or arrowroot powder
▢ ½ cup water (you may need little more, use as needed)
▢ 1 ½ tablespoons soya sauce
▢ 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
▢ ¾ to 1 teaspoon sugar
▢ ½ to ¾ teaspoon vinegar (optional, if needed)
▢ Salt as needed (use only if needed)
▢ 2 tablespoons Spring onion greens
Preparation
▢ Add corn flour, maida, salt, pepper and chilli powder to a bowl.
▢ Pour water little by little to make a free flowing batter. The consistency has to be moderately thick, not too thick or too runny.
▢ Rinse the mushrooms & baby corn 🌽 and slice them.
▢ Add them to the batter and coat them well.
▢ Heat oil in a deep pan for deep frying.
▢ When the oil is hot enough, drop the slices one after the other to into it. Deep fry on a medium high heat.
▢ Stir often and fry until golden and crisp. Remove them to a kitchen tissue.
▢ Add 1 tsp corn flour to a bowl and pour half cup of water. Mix and make a lump free slurry. Keep this aside.
How to make manchurian
▢ Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a wide pan. Regulate the flame to high.
▢ Add ginger and garlic. Saute for a min.
▢ Add spring onion whites and fry for a min or two.
▢ Add capsicum and saute for another minute.
▢ Pour soya sauce and tomato sauce. Stir the corn flour slurry once and pour it to the pan.
▢ Stir well and cook to make a sauce. Add more water if required.
▢ Reduce the flame to medium and add sugar, little salt. Stir and check the taste of the sauce.
▢ Add pepper and vinegar if needed.
▢ Allow the sauce to turn thick. Turn off the flame. Allow to cool it a bit.
▢ Add the fried mushrooms 🍄 & baby corn 🌽 and coat them well in the sauce
▢ Garnish with spring onion greens.
▢ Serve mushroom 🍄 & baby corn 🌽 manchurian hot as a appetizer or with noodles or fried rice.
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