This is a recipe I've wanted to show for a long time, but one that I never thought many people would want to watch as its not massively featured on many Chinese takeaway and Chinese takeout menus. If you like spicy full flavoured dished then Chicken Manchurian is a must try dish, like always there are many ways to do one dish, this is just one version, I've seen it where chicken is made into meat balls and deep fried, we just thought we'd show a recipe that is very close to Chinese takeaway and takeout style of cooking. But if you'd like to see the meat ball version, which is much closer to the original version, just comment below, if enough people comment we will film it.

In the video I didn't explain the origins very well, this is was created by a 3rd generation Chinese chef called Nelson Wong, who was raised in Mumbai, India, and in the 70s he wanted to combine the rich spices of Indian cuisine with Hakka style Chinese food, the results was Chicken Manchurian, even though this dish hails from India, its mostly eaten as street food in Indonesia. I just thought this was a really interesting story and why I've been wanting to make show you this dish for a while.

If you're anti MSG, then this is not the place for you, 20 seconds of research will show you its safe, to the point that there are now psychological studies on why people believe that monosodium glutamate is bad for you, when the medical and scientific community say its safer than salt, fat and sugar, and no, you're not allergic to it as that's impossible, "I know my body" isn't a valid argument. The reason is in order to be allergic a protein or molecule with a similar structure to and size to a protein needs to be present in ordered to illicit a response from an MHC molecule or other immune components, the sodium doesn't interact with these and glutamate can't because its an amino acid, its psychically too small. MSG doesn't actually exist in food because it breaks down in to one glutamate and on sodium ion when in contact with an aqueous solution, you don't eat MSG, you eat 2 things that are naturally occurring in most foods glutamate and sodium, and the components of MSG are made from cassava root and tapioca, they are the same exact same as that found naturally in food, your body cannot tell the difference.

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00:00 Introduction
00:49 Chicken preparation
03:43 Vegetable preparation
05:26 Battering the chicken
05:50 Deep frying the chicken
06:32 Cooking the vegetables
07:03 Making the sauce
07:59 Finishing