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Air Fryer Oats Manchurian Recipe | Healthy Oats Manchurian Recipe in Air Fryer

Air Fryer Oats Manchurian Recipe | Healthy Oats Manchurian Recipe in Air Fryer

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Air Fryer Oats Manchurian Recipe gives crispy, spicy, guilt-free bites, perfect tea-time snack, healthier than deep-frying and extremely addictive too.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course snacks
Cuisine Indo - Chinese
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Air Fryer

Ingredients
  

1 cup = 250 ml

FOR MAKING MANCHURIAN BALLS

  • 1.5 cup/150 gram Rolled oats
  • 3 cup chopped vegetables of your choice (we used cabbage, carrot, green beans, capsicum and spring onion)
  • 1/4 cup rice flour or cornflour
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 1 tsp ginger (chopped)
  • 1 tsp garlic (chopped)
  • 2 green chilies (chopped)
  • 1 tsp black pepper powder
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • Salt to taste

FOR MANCHURIAN GRAVY

  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp spring onion bulbs (chopped)
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 1 tsp ginger (chopped)
  • 1 tsp garlic (chopped)
  • 2 green chilies (chopped)
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp red or green chilli sauce
  • 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1/4 cup cornflour slurry (mix of 2 tbsp cornflour & 1/4 cup water)
  • 1.5 to 2 cup water (depending on the quantity of gravy you want)
  • 1 tsp black pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp brown sugar
  • Spring onion greens for garnish

Instructions
 

MAKING OF MANCHURIAN BALLS

  • Take a bowl and add oats, vegetables, rice flour or cornflour, onion, ginger, garlic, green chilies, black pepper powder, oil and salt. If you are making manchurian balls by deep frying, then no need to add oil.
  • Give them a good mix.
  • Rest for 10 minutes.
  • Shape them into balls.
  • Put the balls in Air Fryer basket and Air Fry @180°C for 15 minutes. Alternatively you can deep fry them or use appe pan for the same purpose.
  • Take the balls out and keep aside.

MAKING OF MANCHURIAN GRAVY

  • Take sesame oil in a pan and add spring onion bulbs, onion, ginger, garlic and green chilies.
  • Saute and cook until onion turns slightly brown.
  • Add white vinegar, green or red chilli sauce, soy sauce and tomato ketchup.
  • Cooked for a minute.
  • Add water, cornflour slurry, black pepper powder, salt and sugar.
  • Let the water boil and gravy turn thick.
  • Add Manchurian balls and mix delicately.
  • Simmer for a minute so that balls absorbs the flavours.
  • Top with spring onion greens and serve hot with fried rice or noodles.
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