Ingredients
- Main ingredients:
- 12-15 baby corn
- ½ inch ginger, finely chopped
- 2-3 green chilies
- 3-4 garlic finely chopped
- ½ cup finely chopped spring onions
- 1 small capsicum thinly sliced
- 1 tsp soya sauce
- ½ tsp 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
How to make Chilli Baby Corn
- 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 soya 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 and 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 soya sauce if required.
- serve the baby corn garnished with some spring onions or chopped celery.
