Mar 19, 2009

BOTTLE GOURD MANCHURIAN (SORAKAYA MANCHURIAN)

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FOR BOTTLE GOURD BALLS:---
Bottle gourd ---- 1 cup grated
Carrot ----- 1/4 cup grated
ginger ---- 1 tea sp chopped
Garlic ---- 1 tea sp chopped
Green chili es --- 1 tea sp chopped
Salt to taste
green onion --- 1 tab sp finrly chopped
Corn starch ---- 3 tab sp
Oil for deep frying
METHOD:---
1. Grate bottle gourd and squeeze and remove little water and mix all other ingredents and make small balls(dont add any water vegetables leave there juices while mixing that moisture is enough to make balls)
2. Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep fry this bottle gourd ball s in hot oil till golden color remove from oil and keep a side.
FOR MANCHURIAN SAUCE:-----
Green onion ---- 1 cup finely chopped
Ginger ---- 1 tea sp finely chopped
Garlic ---- 1 tea sp finely chopped
Green chillies --- 2-3 slit
Tomato sauce --- 1 tab sp
Soya sauce ---- 1tab sp
Chilli sauce --- 1 tab sp
corn starch --- 1 tab sp
MSG ---- 1/4 tea sp (optional)
Oil ---- 1 tea sp
METHOD:----
1. Heat oil in a pan add chopped white part of the green onion and fry for a sec. then add chopped ginger and garlic and fry for few min.
2. then add soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilli sauce,green chilies and stir for a sec .
3. Then add salt to taste and bottle gourd balls mix well and addMSG and cover and remove from the heat.
4. If you want gravy then just before adding theMSG, disolve 1 tab sp corn starch in 1/2 cup water and add this to the manchurian mix well and bring to a boil and then add MSG and cover and sweatch off the flame.
SERVE HOT WITH VEGETABLE FRIED RICE.

31 comments:

Lavanya said...

hey rekha..this is new to me...i will give a try!!Thanks for stopping by..i am from hyd :)
nice to meet you !!

Shama Nagarajan said...

wow..different yummy manchurian

Saritha said...

This is new to me,never thought of it.Looks delicious dear

Anonymous said...

What an innovative manchurian Rekha..you always come up with some kinda surprise.Thanks

Daily Meals said...

Bottle gourd manchurian is new to me...looks yummy...nice picture...

Meenal Mehta said...

HI Rekha ,

thanks for what looks like a smashing recipe .

first time here ..Do visit me at Meenal's kitchen:)

-Meenal

Priya Suresh said...

Wow rekha, where did u got this idea, never heard about this bottlegourd manchurian, quite a new dish for me...Manchurian looks amazing!!

Unknown said...

Diff & nice.. i made koftha.. but this is new to me.. will try it..

Lakshmi said...

wooow! is all I can say. I never thought of making machurian with bottlegourd. Good One! Will keep this in mind.

Suparna said...

Hi rekha,
wow..never knew that manchurian could be made with bottle gourd..they look so yummy great pic:)
TC

lubnakarim06 said...

Oh God! Katti Adrindi.....Superb click and new recipe to me. Looks yum yum yum....

EC said...

Thats very creative..love the entire presentation

Pooja said...

New recipe to me..Looks so delicious..nice pic...

Pooja said...

Decorations meeru own ga neerchukunnara...looks so professional and nice color combinations to dishes...Love your presentation..

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

mouthwatering mandhurian.. i love mandhurian. and nice decoration too rekha.

Cham said...

Looks fantastic this manchurian

Varsha Vipins said...

Who thought a plain bottle gourd could look so yum n fab..grt one Rekha..:)

Manju said...

wow!! manchurian with sorakkaya..thats something new nad it looks so delicious!!!

Paru ... said...

Rekha, chaala bavundi. I luv Sorakayi and manchurian with it sounds so fabulous..

Vidhya said...

oh my god. this is really a tempting dish for me. I hardly use bottle gourd. I think its time to try now...

Chutneytales said...

Wow..a new manchurian variety ..I'm sure this one delight my tastebuds :)

notyet100 said...

mm,,,i luv the way u present ur dishes,..:-)

CurryLeaf said...

Wow,Love the manchurian.Truly innovative

Preety said...

that looks so spicy and perfect..never made Manchurian b4 but your pic is tempting to give a try

Priyanka Agrawal said...

i love your aesthetic sense. this is an awesome dish...never heard of it b4!

Deepthi Shankar said...

very beautiful pic .. looks delicious

Chef Jeena said...

What a colourful dish it looks so delicious!

Deepa Hari said...

yummy...Manchurian looks delicious and just love the color...Thank you for stopping by...You have a beautiful blog Rekha....good job.

Poornima Nair said...

Wow...never would have thought of using bottle gourd to make manchurian...very innovative...looks delicious.

Anonymous said...

Thats anew recipe for me. Looks good!

sree said...

looking very yummy...Pretty innovative....I made veg manchurian before ....shall try this one...
sree @ tastespell.blogspot.com