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Baby Corn Manchurian
Ingredients:
Baby corn - 6
Capsicum -1 (big)
Onion -1 (big) - chopped
Spring onions (the green part ), a bunch - chopped
Green Chilles - 3
Chilli sauce - 1 tbsp
Tomato Ketchup - 2 -3 tbsp
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
corn flour - 1 cup
chilli powder - 1 tsp
salt- to taste
oil - enough to fry the corn
chinese salt - 1/2 tsp
pepper - 1/2
manchurian masala - 1/2
Method
Batter preparation:
Slice the baby corn into medium sized pieces.
Add the cup of corn flour, salt, 1 tblsp of ginger-garlic paste and the chilli powder.
Add water enough to make a very thick batter, mixing the baby corn with it.
Put oil in a heated pan and deep fry the batter-coated baby corn.
Drain excess oil and keep the fried corn aside.
For gravy:
Heat some oil in a pan.
Add the chopped green chillies, and onions. Now add the capsicum.
Add the remaining ginger-garlic paste. Fry for 1-2 minutes.
Add, the soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce and saute for a few seconds.
Now add the the Chinese salt, normal salt, pepper and mix well.
Then add the fried baby corn. Stir well.
Now mix less than 1/4 cup of water with manchurian masala, add it to the manchurian gravy.
Mix it well and allow the gravy to become a little thick.
Now add the chopped spring onions and stir again for 1-2 minutes in low flame.
Serve hot with fried rice or noodles.
Recipe and image courtesy: Ramya Ganesh