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General Tso’s Cauliflower

Indo Chinese General Tso’s Cauliflower Recipe

General Tso's Cauliflower - Deep fried cauliflower soaked in Sweet and spicy Sauce served in Chinese themed American Restaurants
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 8 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2 Cups
Calories 2019 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the batter:

  • 1 cup - Whole wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon - Corn starch
  • ½ teaspoon - Salt
  • 1 - Egg
  • Main Ingredients:
  • 3 Cups - Cauliflower florets blanched in hot turmeric mixed water
  • 2 Cups - Oil to deep fry
  • For General Tso's Sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon - Rice Bran Oil
  • 3 - garlic Cloves minced
  • ½ inch - Ginger minced
  • ½ teaspoon - Red chilli powder
  • 1 pinch - Garam Masala powder
  • ½ cup - Soy sauce
  • ⅓ cup - Rice Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon - Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon - Honey
  • 1 - Tomato fine chopped
  • 1 tablespoon - Corn starch powder mixed in ½ Cup of Vegetable stock
  • 1 tablespoon - Green chilli sauce
  • 1 table spoon - Tomato sauce

Garnish:

  • Curry leaves thin sliced
  • Ginger - thin sliced

Instructions
 

Prepare Batter:

  • Combine whole wheat flour, corn starch, salt and egg well to form a smooth batter. Whish well.

Fry Cauliflower:

  • Heat oil in a pan. Dip cauliflower florets in batter and deep fry in hot oil. Fry for few minutes and flip to cook the other side. Fry till the exterior of cauliflower florets turns golden brown in color. Remove the fried cauliflower from hot oil and place on rack or kitchen towel.

General Tso's sauce:

  • Heat oil in a pan. Add garlic, ginger, red chilli powder, Garam Masala, soy sauce, Rice vinegar, Sugar, Honey, Tomato and saute till tomatoes are well cooked and turns mushy. Add cornstarch paste, green chilli sauce, tomato sauce and cook till it turns into sauce consistency.

Notes

Garnish with Scallions and Sesame seeds. Sorry, i did not have scallions and sesame seeds. Its very good to garnish with these ingredients