Soya Manchurian | Quick Snack Recipe | Manchurian Dish

Preparation time – 5 mins

Cooking time – 15 mins

Ingredients:

For Batter:

1. Soya Chunks – 1/2 Cup
2. All Purpose Flour – 2 Tbsp
3. Rice Flour – 2 Tbsp
4. Corn Flour/ Corn Starch – 2 Tbsp
5. Salt – 1/4 tsp
6. Black Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp or to taste
7. Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp or to taste
8. Water – 2 Cups (for cooking Soya chunks)

For Sauce:

1. Oil – 2 tsp + for deep frying
2. Ginger (finely chopped) – 1 tsp
3. Garlic (finely chopped) – 1 tsp
4. Tomato Ketchup – 2 Tbsp
5. Soy Sauce – 2 tsp
6.  Water – 1/4 Cup for making Sauce
7. Spring Onion Greens (chopped) – 2 Tbsp
8. Salt – 1/8 tsp (use only when required)

Step by Step Process of Making Soya Manchurian:

Process: 

• In a sauce pan, add 2 Cups of water with just enough salt and bring to a boil.
• Add Soya Chunks and cook till soft, approx 1 min.
• Once they are soft, drain the water and let them rest for 5 mins to cool slightly.
• Squeeze out all the water from the soya chunks, and keep them ready.
• Discard the squeezed out water.
• Now for batter, add All Purpose Flour, Corn Flour, Rice Flour, salt, black pepper powder, couple of Tbsp of fresh water.
• Make a batter so that the mixture coats the chunks properly.
• Deep fry these Soya Chunks until crispy.
• For sauce:
• Heat 2 tsp of oil and add garlic, ginger, green chillies. Fry for 30 secs.
• Add tomato ketchup, soy sauce, had of the spring onion greens, 1/4 Cup of water.
• When the sauce starts to boil, add the fried Soya chunks.
• Simmer for 1 min.
• Garnish with few more spring onion greens. Serve hot.