MTR Oats Idli Manchurian
A popular Indo-Chinese appetizer made with MTR Oats idli and tempered with Manchurian sauce.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Ingredients
- MTR Oats Idli – 6 pcs
- Quick Manchurian Sauce
- Oil – 1 tsp
Ingredients for making Quick Manchurian Sauce
- Onion red – ½ cup, chopped in square pieces
- Bell peppers / Capsicum colored – 1 cup, chopped in square pieces as big as onion pieces
- Ginger – 1 small piece chopped fine
- Garlic – 1 pod chopped fine
- Green Chili – 1 small chopped fine
- Coriander / Cilantro leaves – ½ tsp for garnish
- Oil & Spices
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Soy sauce dark – ½ tbsp
- Tomato Ketchup – 1 tbsp
- Corn starch / Corn flour – ½ tbsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch or to taste
- Black pepper – 1 pinch or to taste
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Water – ¾ cup
Instructions
Preparing the Idlis for Manchurian
- Quarter the 6 idlis into 4 pieces each. You will have 24 idli pieces.
- Take a big non stick pan and heat 1 tsp oil in it. Reduce the flame to medium and add idli pieces to the pan. Make sure that the pieces are not over lapping each other. Roast the pieces on medium heat for about 2 minutes each side. They will be slightly golden brown. Take them off the heat and set aside.
Preparing the Quick Manchurian Sauce
- Take a bowl and add soy sauce, tomato ketchup, corn starch and water to it. Whisk it all to make a slurry with no lumps. Set aside.
- Heat 2 tsp of oil in the same pan. Add ginger, garlic and green chili and saute for few seconds.
- Now add chopped onion and bell pepper / capsicum pieces to the pan and cook them on high heat for about 2-3 minutes. Add salt, black pepper and sugar to the pan and give it a good toss.
- Add the soy sauce slurry to the pan and mix well. Let it cook on medium heat for about 3-5 minutes till the sauce thickens.
Serving Idli Manchurian
- Take the serving plate. Add the roasted idli pieces to it. Pour the hot Manchurian sauce on top if it evenly. Garnish with cilantro/coriander leaves. Serve hot.