Vegetable manchurian and fried rice
Perfect combinati
Ingredients
Fried Rice
2 cups Basmati rice
1/2 cup french beans thinly sliced into diagonal pieces
1/2 cup carrot cut into thin long strips
1 cup chopped spring onion whites
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 chopped spring onion greens
to taste Salt
Manchurian
For the vegetable balls:
3 cups finely chopped cabbage
1 and 1/4 cup carrot grated
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoon cornflour
4 tablespoon all purpose flour (maida)
3-4 garlic cloves
1 green chilli finely chopped
as needed Salt
Freshly ground black pepper powder
Oil for frying
For the Sauce :
4-5 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped green chillies
1/2 cup minced onions
1/2 tablespoon spring onions green
1 +1 cup water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon cornflour
1 teaspoon sugar
to taste Salt
Oil
Steps
Firstly wash and soak the rice in water for 10 mins, and set it to cook while you can make the Manchurian..
To make the vegetable Manchurian balls, mix the cabbage, carrots, onion, 1 teaspoon salt, maida and cornflour, green chillies, garlic and pepper powder. Knead it till it comes together to form a sticky mixture. If you feel it is too dry, add a little water. Let it sit for 5 minutes and then divide it into 15 parts and make balls rolling them in your hand
Heat sufficient oil in a wok, and fry the balls till rusty brown. Drain on an absorbent paper.
Now for the sauce, heat some oil in a pan (kadhai) and fry the garlic. Add the green chillies, onions, and spring onion greens and stir fry over high flame till the onions are translucent. Oh, I love the aroma of the garlic and onions fried together.
Mix the cornflour in 2 cups of water and add it to the pan along with the soy sauce, and stir till a thick gurgling sauce is ready!
Take it off the flame and just before serving, add the vegetable balls in the sauce and garnish with spring onion greens.
Now for the fried rice : To keep the grains of the cooked rice separate, spread it on a wide plate and allow it to cool. Drizzle some salt and soy sauce over the cooked rice.
Heat oil in a pan, and stir fry the vegetables over high flame for about 5-6 minutes, till the vegetables soften. Then gently add the rice to the pan, being careful to not break the rice grains. Add a pinch of MSG (Mono sodium glutamate) for that extra zing to the rice.
chef anil 
