Veggie Manchurian

[baypuppy]

i enjoyed the "balls" a lot but the sauce was a little spicy for me! however, my roomie really liked it and gobbled it down. i baked the balls for about 20 minutes (while i heated veggies and rice). i'll try this again with less hot stuff in the sauce! i also used red cabbage cause i'm cool like that.

[carrot_wench]

I wonder if baypuppy's sauce was spicier than the recipe intends, because the spice ingredients listed raise a question for me:

Is the Tablespoon of garlic and ginger supposed to be the dry, ground spice....or freshly grated/minced?

Obviously, if it calls for a Tablespoon of fresh, then the ground spice would be a lesser amount than listed....I'd mostly love to know because A) I really want to make this, and I have fresh garlic and ginger to use, and B) I'm not too experienced with cooking Indian food, and I want to make absolutely sure I do it right and get the flavor that is intended for this recipe.

Also, can I substitute something else for the corn flour, like soy or rice flour?

I really can't wait to make this...it sounds great!

[baypuppy]

i think the "spicy" comes from the 1 TB of chili powder in the sauce! for the ginger and garlic, i assumed they meant fresh. i used fresh garlic and about 1 tsp dry ginger--neither were overpowering.

for the corn flour, i put all the sauce stuff in the blender with some corn MEAL and blended it. it thickened up fine. so i think if you're in a pinch, flour would work but try corn meal if you have it. the "balls" part are really yummy!

[VeganSapien]

Thanks for recommending this one, BP.  It was awesome. 

Carrot_wench, 

I used the called for amounts of fresh garlic and fresh ginger.(it smelled heavenly while cooking...)

I only used 1 tsp of chili powder and one of coriander for the sauce.  I loved it.  Next time I might be braver and add some more spice.

The balls were so tasty!  I was kind of afraid my balls would break.... I put the dough into mini muffin tins...they held up perfectly and were rather cute. Also, the balls really absorb the sauce and it is splendiferous....I'm running out of adjectives...

One more note, as for the "corn flour" I just assumed they meant corn starch....that's what I used and it thickened nicely.

[sstofer]

This was good, especially the veggie balls. I had to modify the sauce a little bit, because at first it just tasted like a chili powder cornstarch sauce. I used the one tablespoon of chili powder that it calls for, but it really overpowered the ginger and garlic in it, so I added a little more sugar and more soy sauce (Bragg's) and added some ginger powder and a little rice vinegar and then it was great. Next time I will probably just use less chili powder, and leave the rest of the recipe as is.

[baypuppy]

One more note, as for the "corn flour" I just assumed they meant corn starch....that's what I used and it thickened nicely.

heh heh, i think you're right. i was reading one of my indian cookbooks and they said corn flour = corn starch. 

[berryraw]

The balls part of this is really good.  I used part cornmeal and part flour and only grated the carrot, all the other veggies were chopped as small as I could go.  The sauce was all right.  "Musky" was used to describe it. I think sweet and sour sauce would be great with these instead, or doctor the sauce up - more sweet and add some vinegar, maybe even lose the coriander or cut back on it.  Still, the "balls" make this recipe.  I like veggie balls Solid 4 stars. 

[sportychicky]

I used a different recipe for the sauce, but my mom and sister liked these better than the ones we get at a restaurant. I gave it 4 stars because I like a firmer texture thats chewier. But these were pretty good for home made!

[heavenlygarcia]

This was really good but it is a serious pain staking task to make the veggie balls. If this wasn't yummy after all the work it took I would have cried.  Thanks for the recipe.

[amymylove]

these were pretty tasty... i followed many suggestions such as a teaspoon instead of tablespoon (approx-didn't measure) of the chili powder, coriander, and ginger... i also used muffin tins to bake my veggie balls which worked well... good with rice... i wish i made some veggies too but i was lazy... will make again