There has to be first time for everything right? Well, this is the first time I've cooked something with baby corn. Though I buy it on a regular basis, I usually make stir fry with them. I somehow never thought about making a dish out of it. Looks like I was wrong! They are very well capable of carrying themselves on their own!
Apart from the usual idli/dosa, we hardly eat any veg stuff when we dine out. After trying out this recipe, I'm keen on trying more veg recipes.
This recipe is great as a starter/appetiser or as a side dish for fried rice. It has a nice crunch to it and the flavour is just awesome, if I say so myself ;) I'd say, this dish will brighten up a dull day with it's look, texture and taste.
Btw, can I please ask a favour from you? As you can see, I try my best to reply to each and every comment posted here. So if you've tried any recipe or if you've any doubt about any recipe, it would be great if you could use the comment form for the same rather than emailing me. Dont worry, you can post your feedback about the recipe irrespective of whether you like it or not. I publish all the comments, unless it's vulgar or offending. Many others like you, love to read about the reviews before trying out a recipe and your comments are highly valued. I do hope you understand, thanks :)
Here is the recipe…
Make a medium thick batter with cornflour, plain flour, salt and water…
Dip the whole baby corn in this batter and fry till it turns golden brown…
Cut the fried baby corn into medium size cubes. Keep it aside…
Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion. When it turns golden brown, add ginger and garlic. Cook for 2-3 mins. Add crushed pepper and crushed red chilli. Stir well…
Add soya sauce and tomato ketchup. Add salt and 2-3 tbsp hot water just to bring everything together. Stir well. Add fried baby corns…
Combine everything. Add the chopped spring onions. Stir and remove from gas…
Recipe adapted from Vanitha Pachakam
Ingredients
- 20 Baby corn
- 1.5 – 2 tbsp Cornflour
- 1.5 – 2 tbsp Plain flour
- Salt
- Water
- 1 big Onion (finely chopped)
- 1.5 tsp Grated / crushed ginger and garlic (each)
- 1/2 tbsp Crushed pepper
- 1 tsp Crushed red chilli
- 1 tbsp Soya sauce
- 1 tbsp Tomato ketchup
- 2-3 tbsp Chopped spring onion
Instructions
- Make a medium thick batter with cornflour, plain flour, salt and water. Dip the whole baby corn in this batter and fry till it turns golden brown.
- Cut the fried baby corn into medium size cubes. Keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion. When it turns golden brown, add ginger and garlic. Cook for 2-3 mins. Add crushed pepper and crushed red chilli. Stir well. After a min or two, add soya sauce and tomato ketchup. Stir well. Add salt and 2-3 tbsp hot water just to bring everything together. Add fried baby corns and combine everything. Add the chopped spring onions. Stir and remove from gas. Serve hot.
Maria, are you from Ernakulam? Have you studied at St. Joseph’s EMHS Thrikkakara?
Hi Anju,
Yes and yes :) I’m from ekm and am a Josephite. How about you?
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Hi Harshad,
Thanks for pointing it out, I’ve corrected it now.
Cheers
Maria
Hi! I tried this recipe but made a few changes to it. Firstly, I marinated the corn with a bit of salt and kept aside for 30 mins. Secondly, being a fan of bell peppers, I added yellow and green bell peppers to this dish. I fried the bell peppers in the beginning and added them before adding the soya sauce. It turned to be really nice and the dish looked colourful as well. And my family members loved it. I’ll surely prepare this dish again. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
Hi Sayani,
Thanks for trying this recipe and also leaving a comment here. Your changes sounds good! Happy to know that your family liked it.
Wish you a Happy New Year!
Cheers
Maria
Hey Maria,
I tried this the day u posted it itself, n it came out super awesome, my husband and 7 yr old son wolfed it down with relish :) reminded me a lot of the Caesars restaurant Chilli Gobi preparation, esp since I added a lil more ketchup than u’d suggested. My only complaint ios that it got over all to quickly :)
Thank you for a truly scrumptious veggie recipe.
Cheers,
Reena :)
Thanks a bunch Reena :) I’m really happy to know that this was a hit at your place. may be next time, you can make double qty ;)
Cheers
Maria
Hey maria,
Nice presentation..I love every post of yours , your non-vegetation typical kerala dishes looks very tempting but being a vegetarian I just cant try them :( maybe I will substitue them with veggies. If they come out good then will surely let u know and post as well.
keep up the good work. U r an inspiration
Love
Preeti
Thank you Preeti for your kind words :) Btw, some of my reader’s try the chicken recipes using paneer. May be you can try that.
Cheers
Maria
Maria, how are you? Your clicks are all pictures- perfect. They are so motivating :) as well.
Hi Sindhya,
I’m doing good dear, thanks. Thanks for your comment :)
You take care..
Maria
Hi maria,
You have a wonderful website.. i have lost count of the recipes i have tried from your site.. how many ever cooking websites i browse through, i end up making something from your cookbook :-) thanks a lot ..
Lakshmi dear, your comment made my day :) Thanks a ton! It’s a pleasure to know that you are a loyal reader of my humble blog, thank you!
Cheers
Maria
u r right about babycorn, I ate an awesome babycron starter from a chinese restaurant here and then came home and tried it almost the same way like u,but i only shallow fried and then to satisfy my non veg crave i added prawns one time and scallops next time, after that two times i didnt make it, but after seeing this i am tempted to make it again, wondeing which sea food to add this time =D
Prawns and baby corns sounds like a fab combination, thanks for the idea, I’ll try it next time :)
So did you make it again, I’m curious to know which seafood you used this time :)
Cheers
Maria
Hi maria! I like the new look and this dish looks delicious. Nice work!
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Thank you Preveena :)
Hi Maria,
I got your website link through a friend of mine who loves cooking food. I tried your above recipe, I did not have all ingredients so I used a potato and babycorn, I know that spring onion would have enhanced the taste but somehow i dint get them. so i replaced that with 2 onions broadly chopped. I caramelized the onions in little oil. Since I am bit of health freak, i try to cook in as less oil as possible. That is the only change I made and followed rest of recipe. I must say it turned out great. Thanks. I am vegetarian and i am glad you have many interesting veg recipes.
Hi Nivedita,
Thanks a lot for trying out this recipe. Great to know that you liked it. I do hope you will like other veg recipes too..
Thanks for the comment :)
Cheers
Maria