Restaurant Style Baby Corn Manchurian
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Chilli baby corn is a snack or starter recipe of crispy & spicy pan-fried baby corn. A vegan dish.
Overview
This chilli baby corn recipe is a crisp version and a semi-dry dish. Its has some moistness, hence I call it semi-dry. There is no gravy and the sauce coats the fried baby corn.
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Ingredients
BabyCorn Coating
- Baby Corn - 10 portion
- All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
- CornFlour/Corn Starch - 2 tbsp
- Ginger - 1/2 inch
- Salt - to taste
- Black Pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Water - to make slurry paste
BabyCorn Frying
- Oil to Fry
Homemade Red Chilli Sauce
- Whole Kashmiri Red Chili - 8 portions
- Beetroot - 1/2 portion
- Ginger - 1 inch
- Water - 1 cup
Manchurian
- Olive Oil - 2 tbsp
- Ginger - 2tbsp
- Chilli - 2 portion
- Bell pepper - 1 cup
- Ketchup - 2 tbsp
- Homemade Red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
- Schezwan sauce - 1 tsp
- Soya Sauce - 2 tsp
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Salt - to taste
- Slurry paste - 1 tbsp
- Honey - 1tbsp
Garnish
- White Sesame seeds
Instructions
Making Batter For Chilli Baby Corn
- Make a smooth paste with the cornflour, all purpose flour (maida), salt, pepper and water.
- Rinse and dry the baby corn with kitchen towels.
- Chop the baby corn if they are larger in size or keep them whole if they are smaller.
- Heat oil on a tava or a frying pan.
- Dip each baby corn piece in the batter and coat it well with the batter.
- Pan fry the baby corn till the edges and sides are golden brown.
- Since we have used less oil, you don’t need to drain the babycorn on kitchen napkins.
Making Chilli Baby Corn
- In another pan or kadai or wok, heat about 1 tbsp oil.
- Add chopped onions or spring onions, ginger, garlic and slit green chilies.
- Stir fry on a medium flame till the onions have become translucent. (if adding capsicum, add now. Stir fry till the capsicum have partly cooked but still retain their crunch.)
- Add the soy sauce and stir well.
- Now sprinkle black pepper powder, salt and sugar.
- Add 2 tbsp water and stir.
- Add the pan fried baby corn with chopped celery to this mixture. Stir well.
- To give a glaze and smoothness in the dish, sprinkle about 1 tsp of corn flour.
- Mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes or more till the corn flour has cooked.
- Lastly add the apple cider or white vinegar and stir again.
- Check the seasonings and add salt, pepper or soy sauce if required.
- Serve the baby corn garnished with some spring onions or chopped celery.
- You can serve chilli baby corn as a starter or with bread or even veg fried rice.
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