Brocoli Manchurian

Ingredients

Brocoli - 15-20 florets
Cornflour - 3 tablespoon
All purpose flour - 2 tablespoon
Red chilli powder - 1 tablespoon
Onion -2
Tomato sauce -2 tablespoon
Red chilli sauce - 1 tablespoon
Green chilli sauce - 1 teaspoon
Soya sauce - 2 tablespoon
Pepper powder - 1 tablespoon
Green chilly - 1
Garlic - 4 cloves
Ginger - small piece
Coriander leaves
Spring onions
Oil
Salt

Cook broccoli in 1/2 cup of water for 3-4 minutes. Now for the batter, mix corn flour, all purpose flour, with pepper powder, red chilli powder and little salt. Add little water and make it a thick paste. Make sure to have a thick consistency as we don't want this to be watery. Keep this aside.
 

In a pan, add little oil. Once it is hot, add finely cut onions. Saute it for two to three minutes. Add ginger, garlic and green chilly to this. Saute it again. Now add tomato sauce, red chilly sauce, green chilly sauce and soya sauce to this. Add little pepper powder (optional here , if you want this to be little spicy).  After this drain off the water from half cooked Brocoli and  dip this florets in the batter and deep fry it in oil. Finally mix this fried florets with the sauce mixture and serve it hot.

Brocoli Potato Masala

Ingredients

Brocoli - 30-40 florets
Potato - 2 medium
Red bell pepper - 1
Onion - 2
Tomato - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Green chilli - 1
Coconut milk- 1/2 cup
Oil
Salt
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Fennel seeds -1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder- 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
Pepper powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Cook Brocoli and potato in a pan for 3- 4 minutes. Drain off the water and keep it aside.  Now in another pan, add little oil. Once oil is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves. After this add finely sliced onion and saute it until it turns golden brown in colour.

Now add finely cut bell pepper and tomatoes to this. Let it cook for 3- 4 minutes. Add all the masala powder to this and saute it for two minutes. Add half cooked potatoes and Brocoli to this. Cover it with a lid and let it cook for 2 -3 minutes. Finally add coconut milk and coriander leaves. It goes well with chapatti or roti.