BabyCorn Manchurian | Baby Corn Manchurian

Babycorn Manchurian is an Indo-Chinese recipe made by deep frying the baby corns which are dipped in batter of corn flour and all-purpose flour. They are then mixed with various vegetables and sauces to make an ultimate Manchurian starter.

The Babycorn Manchurian recipe is very simple and does not take much of your time. You can even make this Babycorn Manchurian as a quick brunch with bread, rotis or naan.

Ingredients

To prepare the Batter

1. Baby corns – 5 to 6 (Cut into three parts, rinsed in water)
2. Corn Flour – 2 Tablespoons
3. All-purpose flour – 2 Tablespoons
4. Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 Teaspoon
5. Salt as per taste
6. Water – ¼ Cup
7. Cooking oil for deep frying

To prepare the Sauce

1. Ginger – 1 Teaspoon (Finely Chopped)
2. Garlic – 1 Teaspoon (Finely Chopped)
3. Green Chilies – 1 to 2 (Slit into half)
4. Onion – 1 medium (Finely Chopped)
5. Capsicum – ½ cup  (Juliennes)
6. Spring Onion – ¼ Cup (finely chopped, reserve some for garnishing)
7. Soy Sauce – 1 ½ Tablespoons
8. Red Chilli Sauce – 1 ½ Teaspoons
9. Tomato ketchup – 2 Tablespoons
10. Black Pepper Powder – ¼ teaspoon
11. Corn Flour – 1 Teaspoon (dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water)

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, add corn flour, all-purpose flour, ginger-garlic paste and salt. To this, add ¼ cup of water.
2. Mix everything well to ensure that there are no lumps and make a thick batter.
3. Add babycorn pieces in it and coat them evenly with batter.
4. Heat the cooking oil in a pan on a medium flame.
5. When the cooking oil is hot enough, drop the coated babycorn pieces into the hot oil.
6. Deep fry babycorn pieces until they become light brown in color.
7. When they are light brown in color, transfer them to a serving plate.

Alright the babycorns have been deep fried.

1. Next, prepare the sauce for which, add 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok over a high flame. 
2. To this, add finely chopped ginger and garlic. Add slit green chilies, chopped onions, little bit of salt and saute them for a minute.
3. Now add capsicum juliennes and saute for couple of minutes.
4. Add spring onion and mix them well
5. Add red chilli sauce, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, and black pepper powder. Mix them well and cook for 30-40 seconds.
6. Add dissolved cornflour, mix well and cook for a minutes.
7. Now add fried babycorn pieces.
8. Toss until all ingredients are mixed well and corns are coated well with sauce. Cook for approximately 2 minutes.

Baby Corn Manchurian is ready to be served. Serve it with sauce of your choice and you can garnish it with spring onion greens.

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