Aloo manchurian | Potato manchurian | Aloo manchurian recipe
Aloo manchurian or potato manchurian is one of the simple yet tasty Indo-chinese manchurian recipe. Aloo manchurian can be served as starter or tea time snack. Steps for this snack are almost same like gobi manchurian. But in aloo manchurian, first we have parboil/half cook the cubed potatoes and then we have to deep fry the potatoes. Rest of the steps are same as gobi manchurian. Aloo manchurian can be served as both starters or even as a side dish to other Indo chinese rice recipes.
You
can also use baby potatoes in place of normal potatoes. It also tastes
good. Aloo manchurian is a very easy to make dish with spicy, sweet and
tangy flavor.
Ingredients :
Potatoes - 2 (medium size)
Water for boiling potato - 3-4 cups
Salt - 1 tsp
For batter:
Maida - 1 cup
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1-2 tsp
Turmeric powder - pinch
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
For manchurian sauce/gravy:
Oil - 3-4 tsp
Garlic - 5-6 cloves
Green chillies - 1-2
Onion - 1
Capsicum - 1
Soya sauce - 2 tsp
Chilli sauce - 2-3 tsp
Tomato ketchup/Tomato sauce - 2-3 tbsp
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Method:
Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut in to cubes.
To a vessel, add water and a tsp of salt. Add the potatoes. Let it cook for 5-6 mins or until the potatoes are half cooked. Do not over cook the potatoes.
In a vessel, add maida, corn flour, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Add little water and mix well. Add cubed potatoes in to it and again mix it well.
Put the diced potatoes in to the batter,mix well. In a kadai, heat oil in medium - high flame. Drop the potatoes one by one in to the oil, using a spoon.
Fry until they become golden brown. Take it out and keep it aside.
In another pan/kadai, add 3-4 tsp of oil. Add chopped garlic cloves. Saute for 2 mins. Flame should be in medium-high heat.
Add chopped green chillies, finely chopped onion. Saute for 2-3 mins. Add little salt.
Add Soya sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce/ tomato ketchup Mix well.
In a bowl, make corn flour slurry by mixing a tbsp of corn flour with little water. Add it to the gravy and mix well.
Finally serve tasty snack aloo manchurian with tomato ketchup, & you can sprinkle some coriander leaves while serving.
