Chinese Manchurian

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I bought a packet of Knorr Chinese Manchurian sauce. When I read the instructions I was at a loss when Step 1. asks for grated cabbage & carrot to be mixed with half cup of Maida and water to make a Pakora style batter, and deep fry when rolled into balls. What is Maida? Is it like cornflour? What is Pakora? Sounds like a type of fritter?
Please can someone set me straight!?
The next step 2. is to make the Manchurian sauce by stir-frying spring onion, capsicum and onion before adding the contents of the packet with some water. Then you are supposed to add the vegetable Pakoras to the sauce.

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Pakora is the Indian version of Japanese tempura. That's as much as I know about that. The internet tells me that maida is wheat flour and is actually the totally common bleached white flour that we are discouraged from eating.