{"id":241,"date":"2018-06-01T18:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T18:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/?p=241"},"modified":"2020-06-15T15:49:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:49:51","slug":"gobi-manchurian-spicy-cauliflower-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/recipes\/gobi-manchurian-spicy-cauliflower-wings","title":{"rendered":"Gobi Manchurian &#8211; Spicy Cauliflower &#8220;Wings&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great treat from India (&#8220;Chinese style Cauliflower&#8221;), great with an icy cold beer. Think spicy Cauliflower &#8220;wings&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h1>Ingredients<\/h1>\n<p>Batter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flour, all purpose\u00a0 ||\u00a0 5 Tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Corn Starch\u00a0 ||\u00a0 3 Tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Salt\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Pepper\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Water\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/4 cup plus a bit (i.e., ~3 oz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sauce<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Olive oil\u00a0 || 1 Tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Onion\u00a0 || 1\/2 onion, finely diced<\/li>\n<li>Jalapeno Pepper\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/2 to whole,\u00a0 || Or other spicy pepper you like<\/li>\n<li>Garlic\u00a0 ||\u00a0 4-5 cloves<\/li>\n<li>Tomato sauce\u00a0 || 2 Tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Sugar or Agave || 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Red chili sauce\u00a0 || 2-3 Tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Vinegar (Rice wine or white)\u00a0 || 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Tamari or Soy Sauce\u00a0\u00a0 ||\u00a0 4 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Corn Starch\u00a0 || 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Green onions ||\u00a0 2 stalks, sliced in thin disks\u00a0 || Garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cauliflower \/ Gobi<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cauliflower\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/2 to 1 head, in bite-size florets || (or a prepared bag from the grocery works, too)<\/li>\n<li>Oil for deep frying (I use a frying pan with a shallow amount of oil when frying.. is that &#8220;shallow frying&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Steps<\/h1>\n<p>Batter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Combine Flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Pepper, Water in small bowl until there are no lumps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sauce<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat Oil in medium saute plan \/ skillet.<\/li>\n<li>Saute Onions, Chile Peppers, Garlic until Onions are brown.<\/li>\n<li>Add Tomato Sauce, Agave, Chili sauce (aka spicy ketchup), cook for 1 -2 mins more.<\/li>\n<li>Add Tamari and Vinegar, mix well.<\/li>\n<li>In a cup, blend Corn Starch and Water, add to sauce. Cook 1-2 mins more, until sauce thickens.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat, and set aside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cauliflower \/ Gobi<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dip Cauliflower pieces in the batter to coat.<\/li>\n<li>Deep fry in batches until the Cauliflower pieces start to brown.<\/li>\n<li>Remove to wire sieve or other method to drain.<\/li>\n<li>Add all the fried Cauliflower to the warm Sauce, toss and coat well.<\/li>\n<li>Add Green Onions and serve immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Notes<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>I have used various bottled sauces (Szechuan,<span id=\"ProductList1_DLProducts_ctl00_NAME\" class=\"name\"> \u00a0Gochujang, etc.) or your favorite Buffalo or other spicy wing sauce. Forget about making a sauce, prep the battered gobi, toss in a bottled \/ prepared sauce, server and enjoy.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>References<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>I can&#8217;t recall the name of the place, but I was introduced to Gobi Manchurian when a buddy and I were wandering around Bangalore on a very hot, dusty day in 2009 or so. By early afternoon we were parched, very thirsty. He took me into a British style pub he frequented during university. They had American style pitchers of icy, icy cold beer. And, announced on the placard on the table, the daily spacial of &#8220;Gobi Manchurian&#8221;. No idea what it was, but on my buddy&#8217;s assurance that it went quite well with cold beer, we got\u00a0 an order. It &#8230; was .. fantastic!\u00a0 And the experience led to me experimenting with cauliflower in all kind of &#8220;chicken&#8221; dishes. Oven roasted or pan seared, it&#8217;s great in so many dishes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great treat from India (&#8220;Chinese style Cauliflower&#8221;), great with an icy cold beer. Think spicy Cauliflower &#8220;wings&#8221;. Ingredients Batter Flour, all purpose\u00a0 ||\u00a0 5 Tbsp Corn Starch\u00a0 ||\u00a0 3 Tbsp Salt\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/4 tsp Pepper\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/2 tsp Water\u00a0 ||\u00a0 1\/4 cup plus a bit (i.e., ~3 oz) Sauce Olive oil\u00a0 || 1 Tbsp <br \/><a class=\"more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/recipes\/gobi-manchurian-spicy-cauliflower-wings\">Read more <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eldervine.net\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}