Soya Chunks Manchurian / Meal Maker Manchurian

Soya Chunks Manchurian / Meal Maker Manchurian is a easy and simple semi dry recipe made with soya chunks.. It is rich in bean protein which is very healthy food that can be served as a siddish with fried rice or any mild variety rice recipe.. 

It is a indo chinese recipe and here the soya are coated with flour batter and they are shallow fried and then they are tossed in onion, capsicum, garlic and chinese sauces... So the soya chunks absorbs the flavours of aromatic and sauces brilliantly, so each mouthful is a party for your tasty buds... 

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know it's turns out from you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Soaking Time : 2 hours

Cooking Time : 20 mins

Serve - 3 to 4

Recipe Category - Sidedish, starter

Recipe Cuisine - Indo chinese

INGREDIENTS :

FOR THE BATTER :

Soya chunks - 1 cup (I use small one)

Cornflour / Corn starch - 3 tbspn

All purpose flour / Maida - 2 tbspn

Pepper powder - a pinch

Chilli powder - 1 tspn

Salt - 1/2 tspn

Water - for mixing

Oil - for tossing

FOR MANCHURIAN :

Oil -  2 tbspn 

Sping onion - 2 tspn (white part - chopped)

Onion - 1 (chopped finely)

Capsicum - 3 tbspn (chopped)

Garlic - 3 cloves (chopped finely)

Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn

Tomato sauce - 1 tspn

Soya sauce - 1 tspn

Schewan sauce - 1/2 tspn

Red chilli sauce - 1/2 tspn

Cornflour - 1 tspn (mixed with 2 tbspn of water)

Spring onion - few (Green part - chopped finely)

METHOD :

• First soak the soya chunks in hot water for 2 hours..
• Then drain it, and squeeze the excess water and rinse well in cold water.. keepaside.
• In a mixing bowl take cornflour, maida, pepper powder, chilli powder and salt.
• Add little water and make it a smooth paste..
• Now add in prepared soya and mix well.
• Now fry it in a pan with little oil and remove it to a plate..
• (you can deep fry it too)
• Mix all the sauces and keep it ready..
• Now add little water to the corn flour and mix it well keep aside..
• Heat another pan with some oil add in chopped white part of the spring onion, onion, capsicum, garlic and toss well.
• Toss till it became transparent, add in chilli powder and sauces mixture and toss well.
• Then add in fried soya chunks and mix well along with the sauce..
• Cheack for the salt and mix well.
• Now add in corn flour mixture and mix well.
• Keep mixing for 30 sec and add in sping onions..
• Toss evenly and serve hot..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

First soak the soya chunks in boiled water for 2 hours

Now Drain it

Squeeze the excess water and rinse well in cold water

Now it's done, keep aside

Add the batter ingredients

Give it a mix

Add little water to form a smooth paste

Add in prepared soya chunks

Mix it well

Heat a non stick pan with some oil

Add in marinated soya chunks

Toss well for 3 to 5 mins

Untill the soya cooked well

Now it's almost done

Remove them to a plate and keep aside

Prepare all the ingredients

Add 2 tbspn of water to the corn flour and mix well

Now take all the sauces in a bowl

Mix it well and keep aside

Heat a pan with some oil

Add in garlic, onion and capsicum

Toss well 

Toss till transparent

 Add in sauce mixture

 Add in some chilli powder

Give it a good mix

Add in fried soya

Mix it up

Now all these are mixed well

Add in cornflour mixture

Give it a good mix and keep in low flame for 1 min

Add in chopped spring onions

 Serve hot

 

Enjoy..