Manchurian

Ingredients

• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 1/4 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 cup chopped or sliced tomatoes
• 1 1/2 tsps black pepper
• 1 1/2 tsps salt
• 1/4 head medium cabbage
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1/2 gourd gourd white-flowered (calabash)
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 1 tbsp ketchup
• 1/4 cup chickpea flour (besan)

Directions

1. Grate bottle gourd and cabbage and add besan to it.
2. Add pinch of salt and pepper. Add little water to thicken the mixture.
3. Make 1inch sphere balls of the mix.
4. Take an appam pan and cook the balls from all sides with minimal or no oil.
5. For gravy, sauté chopped onions and tomatoes with ginger garlic paste.
6. Add soy sauce and ketchup and 1/4 cup water. Let the gravy simmer until thick.
7. Add the manchurian balls into the gravy and coat from all sides.
8. Serve hot with ketchup and chilli sauce