Chilli Baby Corn Recipe-

Ingredients Chilli Baby Corn Recipe-

• For batter:
• 4 tbsp Flour
• 4 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 4 tbsp Water
• 20 Babycorn
• Oil for frying
• For Sauce:
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1/2 cup Spring Onion
• 2 tsp Finely chopped garlic
• 2 tsp Finely chopped ginger
• 2 to 3 green chillies – slit or sliced
• 1/3 cup Thinly sliced or finely chopped capsicum
• 1/3 cup Soya Sauce
• 1 tsp Green chilli sauce
• 1/4 tsp Pepper
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Salt as required

How to Make Chilli Baby Corn

1.Rinse and dry the baby corn with a kitchen towel. Chop the baby corn in halves if they are larger in size or keep them whole if they are smaller.

2. Prep the spring onions, garlic, green chillies, ginger, and capsicum and set aside.

3.Make a smooth and medium-thick batter with cornstarch (cornflour), all-purpose flour, salt, pepper and water.

4.Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan. Dip each baby corn piece in the batter and coat it well with the batter.

5. Gently place the batter-coated baby corn pieces in the hot oil. When one side firms up and is crispy, light golden, turn over and fry the second side.

6. Fry the baby corn till the edges and sides are golden brown turning over a couple of times with a slotted spoon.

7. Place the fried baby corn on kitchen paper towels.

For Sauce:

1. In another pan or frying pan or wok, heat about 1 tablespoon of oil. Or you could use the same pan that was used for frying the baby corn – keeping 1 tablespoon of oil in it, remove the remaining oil with a spoon.

2. Add chopped spring onions, ginger, garlic and slit green chillies..

3. Stir fry on medium-high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Now add the sliced capsicum (green bell pepper). If you do not have capsicum, you can skip it

4. Stir-fry on medium-high heat for 3 to 4 minutes until the capsicum is half cooked. It should have some crunch.

5. Lower the heat to medium and add the soy sauce, sweet green chilli sauce or sweet red chilli sauce. Mix well.

6. Now sprinkle black pepper powder, salt and sugar. Mix again.

For Chilli Baby Corn

1. Add the fried baby corn. Gently mix with the rest of the ingredients. You could stop here if you prefer a highly crispy and crunchy baby corn texture. But if you want a smooth glazed sauce coating on the baby corn then proceed to the following steps..

2. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of water and mix again. To give a glaze and smoothness to the dish, sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of cornstarch (cornflour).

3. Mix well and cook for 1 to 2 minutes or more till the cornstarch has cooked. Check the taste and add salt, pepper or soy sauce if required.

4. Serve the baby corn garnished with some spring onion greens or chopped celery..

5.You can serve chilli baby corn as a starter snack or with bread or as a side with stir-fried noodles or fried rice