BABY CORN MANCHURIAN
Baby Corn Manchurian is crispy fried baby corn in a sweet, spicy and sour. Insanely delicious, it is usually served as a starter or as part of a main dish with either rice or noodles.
Ingredients
- 10 baby corns
- 1 tsp salt
- enough water for boiling
- oil for deep frying
FOR THE SAUCE:
- 1 medium onion sliced or cubes
- 1 small green or coloured sweet pepper cut into quarters
- 6 cloves garlic peeled and sliced
- 2 to 3 green chillis sliced
- 1 inch ginger cut into thin sticks
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp cornflour or rice flour
- 1 tsp vinegar
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp coarse pepper powder
- 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
- ½ cup tomato puree
FOR THE BATTER:
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 2 -4 tbsp water
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper powder
- pinch of soda bicarbonate baking soda
FOR GARNISHING:
- 3 tbsp chopped spring onion for topping
Instructions
PREPARATION OF FRIED BABY CORN:
- Wash the baby corn and cut it into half.
- Put some water to boil and add a tsp of salt to it. When it begins to boil, add the corn. Cook for 3 minutes or till its just done.
- Drain out the water and keep the corn on the side to cool.
- Heat the oil for frying in a wok, frying pan or karai over medium heat.
- In the meantime get the batter ready by mixing the batter ingredients.
- Add water little at a time as you don't want a runny batter. It should be thick enough to coat the babay corn.
- When the oil is hot, dip the baby corn pieces in the batter and fry them. Fry them till they become golden brown.
- Remove and place them in a colander or on a kitchen paper to remove the excess oil.
PREPARATION OF THE SAUCE:
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a wide pan.
- When it becomes hot, add onion and pepper and stir fry for 1 minute over high heat.
- Add ginger, garlic and chillis. Stir fry further for a minute or so.
- Mix water, soy sauce,vinegar, chilli sauce,tomato puree, salt, sugar and cornflour in a small container.
- Add fried baby corn and pepper powder to the onion mixture. Mix well.
- Add the soy sauce mixture and quickly mix the vegetables.
- Garnish with chopped spring onion and serve immediately.
Notes
- Use good vinegar like cider, wine or rice vinegar. If you use vinegar substitute you will get a very sharp acidic taste.
- The same method can be used to make cauliflower, mushroom and paneer machurian. If you are using cauliflower, cook it in salted boiling water for 2 minutes.
- Keep the fried corn ready ahead. Just before serving, stir fry it.
- I used my home made chilli sauce. You can use any.