A delicious and popular Indo-Chinese recipe-Chicken Manchurian Gravy. Fried chicken pieces in a spicy and tangy sauce
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Indo-Chinese
Keyword Chicken manchurian gravy
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 40minutes
Total Time 50minutes
Servings 3people
Calories 567kcal
Author Fareeha
Ingredients
Ingredients for frying the chicken
1/2kgboneless chicken
1/2cupmaida or all purpose flour
3 to 4tbspcornflourcorn starch
1tspginger-garlic paste
1/2tspblack pepper powder
water as required to form a smooth paste
salt as required
oil for deep or shallow frying
Ingredients for preparing the sauce
2tbspoil
1small bunch finely chopped spring onionscallions, finely chopped whites.
4-5crushed garlic cloves
1tbspcorn flour dissolved in 1/2 cup water
1tspred chilli sauce
1tbsptomato sauce
1tbspsoya sauce
1tbspvinegar
1or 1.5 cup water or chicken stock
salt to taste
some chopped spring onion/scallion greens for garnishing
Instructions
Frying the chicken
Firstly cut the boneless chicken into medium size pieces. In a large bowl mix together all the ingredients maida, cornflour, salt, ginger garlic and black pepper for making the batter.
Add water to these ingredients to form a smooth batter without any lumps.
Dip the chicken pieces in the prepared batter until they are well coated with it. Fry the coated chicken pieces in hot oil one by one.
While frying, the chicken pieces might start to stick to each other due to the cornflour. So keep stirring the chicken pieces lightly while frying, so that they don’t stick to each other. Fry until they turn golden brown.Remove the golden fried chicken with a slotted spoon and drain onto kitchen tissues.
Preparing Chicken Manchurian Gravy
Leave 2 tbsp oil in the same pan after removing the excess oil from it and fry the onions on high heat till translucent.
Add the garlic, and fry for a further 30 secs.
Add water or chicken stock and cook till it gives a boil.
Add soy sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato sauce. Mix well and let the sauce simmer for a couple of minutes.
Add the cornflour paste to thicken the sauce while stirring continuously.
Add vinegar and the fried chicken pieces. Let it simmer till it reaches your desired consistency.
Serve the chicken manchurian gravy hot garnished with spring onion.
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Notes
You can add in a dash of sugar if you prefer a bit of sweet taste to it.
Water can be replaced with chicken stock for enhanced flavor.