A number of recipes made it to the top of the charts on the vegetarian category this year. The ones that deserve special mention are lined up here.

Gobi Manchurian and Gravy

Ingredients:
cauliflower, cleaned and broken big florettes
small chopped onions
1 tsp - ginger and garlic, chopped
1/2 cup - maida flour, half cup of cornflour
1/4 tsp - red chilli powder
2 - dry red chilli
1 cup - oil for frying
2 cups - water
little milk

Method:
Boil the florettes for 5 mins.
Add 1 tbsp milk. Drain florettes.
Mix maida flour, cornflour, chopped ginger, garlic and red chilli powder, salt.
Make a fine paste.
Dip the florettes in the paste and fry.
Heat oil, add onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli and fry for 3-4 mins.
Add salt. Add water as per gravy requirement and bring to boil.
Add cornflour to half cup water and dissolve well.
The gravy is ready. Boil for a few mins.
Add florettes, soya sauce and serve well.

Recipe: Vrushali Phadnis

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