Chicken Manchurian

by Ahmed Khan

Rating: 3 ★

Chicken Manchurian
Ingredients
  • • For making the balls -
  • • Boneless chicken,
  • • minced uncooked 250 gms.
  • • Refined flour ½ cup
  • • Ginger Paste 1 tsp.
  • • Garlic Paste 1 tsp.
  • • Cornflour ¼ cup
  • • Ajinomoto a pinch of .
  • • Soya Sauce 1 tsp.
  • • Chili sauce (optional ) ½ tsp.
  • • Oil For deep frying
  • • Salt To taste
  • • For the sauce-
  • • Ginger,finely chopped 4 tbsps.
  • • Garlic,finely chopped 1tbsp.
  • • Green chilies,finely chopped 2 tbsps.
  • • Soya sauce 2 tbsps.
  • • Chili sauce ½ tsp.
  • • White pepper ¾ tsp.
  • • Sugar 1 tsp.
  • • Ajinomoto A pinch
  • • Chicken stock 3 cups
  • • Cornflour mixed
  • • with water 3 tbsps. &
  • • ¼ cup
  • • Oil 4 tbsps.
  • • Salt To taste
Instructions
  1. 1 Combine all the ingredients mentioned for making the balls with the exception of oil.
  2. Set aside for 15 minutes.
  3. Heat the oil in a frying pan.
  4. Make 16 small lemon-sized balls of this mixture, squeezing out excess water to prevent breakage.
  5. Deep fry the balls a few at a time.
  6. Drain when golden brown and cooked. Set aside.
  7. For the sauce-
  8. Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Add the ginger, garlic and green chilies.
  9. Fry over a medium flame for 1 minute.
  10. Add the Soya sauce, chili sauce, pepper, sugar, ajinomoto, stock and salt. Bring to a boil.
  11. Add the fried balls and cook covered on low heat for about 3 minutes.
  12. Add the cornflour mixed with water and stir continuously, so that the sauce become thick.
  13. Garnish with spring onion tops.
  14. 7.Serve with rice or noodles.