Baby Corn Manchurian

One of my favorite crispy dish from Indo-chinese cuisine.This is a very simple and easy to make recipe.You can serve it whenever you have unexpected guests at home.

Tastes best when used as an accompaniment for Veg Hakka Noodles and Veg. Fried Rice.

Serves: 2-3

Ingredients

1. Baby corn- 8-10 (chopped as shown in pic)
2. Oil for deep frying
3. Salt as needed

Batter Ingredients

1. Cornflour - 1/4 cup
2. Maida/All Purpose flour - 1/4 cup
3. Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
4. Kashmiri Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
5. Black pepper powder- 2 tsp
6. Salt needed

Manchurian Sauce

1. Garlic Pods-5-6 (Chopped finely)
2. Ginger- 1 inch (chopped finely)
3. Green Chilies-2 (chopped finely)
4. Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
5. Vinegar - 1 tsp (Rice vinegar or any)
6. Spring Onions-Finely chopped(Both leaf and the onion part)
7. Cornflour paste- 1 tbsp + 2 tbsp water
8. Tomato Ketchup- 1 tbsp
9. Red Chili Sauce - 1 tbsp
10. Pepper Powder - 2 tsp

Garnishing

Spring Onion leaves &  the spring Onions bulb- Chopped

Method

1. Mix the ingredients under batter with required amount of water.The batter should be of thick pouring consistency.

2. Chop the baby corns into medium sized length.Boil the cut Baby corns in water for 5 mins with a tsp of salt.Pat dry them.

3. Dip the Baby corns in the batter and coat them well with batter.

4. Deep fry the coated Baby corns in hot oil till the color turns light golden brown and keep it aside.

5. Heat some oil in a pan.Add spring onions and normal onion,garlic,ginger, chilies and saute till the onions turn transparent and the garlic turns light brown in color.

6. Add soy sauce,tomato sauce,vinegar and red chili sauce sauce and cook for about a minute.

7.  Add 1/4  cup water,salt,pepper powder and cook for another few minutes.Add cornflour paste for thickening and also to get a glaze saucy texture.

8. Add the fried  baby corns and saute well till they are coated completely with the sauce.

9. Add chopped spring onion leaves and serve hot.

Notes,Tips & Add-On's

1. Soy sauce already has salt and hence adjust the salt accordingly.
2. You can also garnish with normal onions and capsicum after sauteing them for a min with salt for additional add-on's.
3. Make sure the oil is hot before frying the baby corns,else the masala mixture may come off
4. Tomato ketchup can be adjusted according to the taste.