Chicken Manchurian

 

Recipe courtesy: (Lakshmi Nair)

Ingredients:

Chicken 1/2 kg (boneless)

For Marination:

Chicken stock 3 cups
Egg 1
Maida/All purpose flour 2 tbsp
Corn flour 1 tbsp
Soya Sauce 1 tbsp
Pepper powder 1 tsp
Ajinomotto a pinch


For Gravy:

Ginger-Garlic paste 1 tbsp
Oil to deep fry
Onion 2 medium,chopped
Garlic 4pods
Ginger a small piece
Capsicum 1,chopped
Oil 3 tbsp
Corn flour 2 1/2 tbsp
aninomotto a pinch
soya sauce 2-4 tbsp
chilli sauce 1/4 tbsp
tomato sauce 1 tbsp
salt
celery 2 tbsp
spring onion 1 tbsp, chopped

Method:

Make a paste of all the marination ingredients .Dip the chicken pieces in it & deep fry till golden brown. I used chicken with bones here.

Take another pan, heat oil in it. Saute onion, ginger, garlic & capsicum in it.

Add Stock to it & Let it boil. You can prepare stock by boiling the chicken bones if you are using boneless chicken. Or you can buy the ready-made stock blocks & boil it in water.

Mix Cornflour, soya sauce, chilli sauce& tomato sauce nicely without lumps & add it to the gravy. You can use water if required.

Once the gravy starts thickening, add the fried chicken pieces. Now add spring onion ,celery & ajinomotto to the gravy; mix it & serve it. I've added a bit more cornflour and other sauces to get more gravy. If you are adding more cornflour check to adjust with the sauces so that its flavor remains intact.