This is a crisp and spicy indo chinese recipe of chilli baby corn.
By Dassana Amit
This indo chinese recipe is a hit with many folks. I usually make chilli baby corn as a side dish when i have a indo chinese menu at home. This recipe is a crisp version and a semi dry dish. It has some moistness, hence i call it semi dry. There is no gravy and the sauce coats the fried baby corn.
Chilli Baby Corn
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Description
This is a crisp and spicy indo chinese recipe of chilli baby corn.
Ingredients
Scale
main ingredients:
- 12–15 baby corn
- ½ inch ginger, finely chopped
- 2–3, green chilies, slit
- 3–4 garlic, finely chopped
- ½ cup finely chopped onion or spring onions
- 1 small capsicum/green bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp soy sauce or as required
- ½ tsp apple cider or white vinegar (optional)
- 1 tsp chopped celery
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp corn starch/corn flour to be sprinkled from above
- salt, pepper and sugar as required
- 2–3 tsp oil for frying the baby corn
- 1 tbsp oil for the sauce
for the batter:
- 2 to 3 tbsp all purpose flour/maida
- 2 to 3 tbsp cornstarch/cornflour
- water as required to make a thick paste
- salt and pepper as required
Instructions
preparing the batter:
- 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.
preparing the sauce:
- 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.
- serve as a starter or with bread or even veg fried rice.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Side
