Potato Manchurian

Potato Manchurian is a popular dish for many vegans or vegetarians who want to eat Chinese food, but have limited options. This is also an excellent recipe for anyone interested in trying something new other than the same old chicken or prawn Manchurian. It’s a spicy and delicious dish that will surely be a huge hit in your home. This recipe stores well. You can store it in a casserole and eat later, and it will still taste as delicious as freshly prepared.

Health benefits

This dish has 370 calories per serving.  It is quite healthy because the potatoes are boiled first (which is why it took less time to fry them!).No GMOs or excess salt is used in this recipe.

Ingredients

medium to large potatoes- peeled (1/2 kg): 3-4

clove garlic—minced: 1

piece ginger (grated): 1

tsp salt: 1

tsp corn flour: 2

chopped green chili: 1

Coriander leaves.: 3

cup oil (for frying, add more to adjust): 1

tsp ketchup: 2

tsp chili garlic sauce: 2

cup soy sauce: 1/2

tsp hot chili sauce: 2

spring onions—chopped: 4

clove garlic—minced: 1

piece ginger (grated): 1

tsp corn flour: 1

How To Make Potato Manchurian

1. In a medium sized pot, boil the potatoes over medium-high heat. This should take around 20-25 minutes
2. Transfer boiled potatoes to a bowl, remove the skins, and mash the potatoes.
3. Add the garlic, ginger, greenchili, salt and coriander leaves.Combine all the ingredients and mix well with hands.
4. Make 20 balls out of the potato mixture.
5. In a large wok over medium-high heat, add oil and let it heat up for a minute or so.
6. Add the potato balls and fry them until they are golden-brown.
7. In another pan over medium-high heat, add soy sauce, tomato ketchup, chili garlic sauce, hot chili sauce, spring onions, ginger and garlic together and stir well for 2 minutes.
8. In a separate bowl, combine half a cup of cold water andcorn flour; dissolve the flour with your hands.
9. Add the cornflour mixture to the gravy and keep stirring.
10. Add another cup of water to balance out the consistencyof the gravy.
11. Pour this gravy onto the potato balls. Your potato manchurian is ready!
12. Serve the dish with garlic fried rice or vegetable noodles and enjoy! 

Trivia

1. Although Manchuria is a region in China, but there are no such dishes like chicken or potato Manchurian in that region. Manchurian dishes were created in Calcutta where there were immigrant Chinese people who created this dish to suit the taste of the locals.
2. Chinese food is one of the most popular cuisines in the world and all major cities like London, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Melbourne, Amsterdam etc have China Towns.
3. Unlike other cuisines where soup is considered a starter, Chinese people eat soup as last as it helps in digestion. This practice however is not present in Chinese restaurants in Western countries.