Baby Corn Manchurian

Baby corn manchurian recipe – Baby corn manchurian is a delicious appetizer from the Indo chinese cuisine. Manchurian recipes are not from the authentic Chinese cuisine but are a fusion of the Indian & chinese cuisines. These are quite popular and are served in Indo-chinese restaurants.

Chicken manchurian
Paneer manchurian
Veg machurian
Gobi manchurian
Mushroom manchurian

They are mostly deep fried, loaded with MSG, colors and sauces hence may not be a healthy option to eat these out often. This baby corn starter goes well as a starter or as a side with fried rice or hakka noodles.

I have used minimum amount of corn flour, plain flour and sauces in this recipe. Feel free to use more sauces to make the dish more saucy.

More baby corn recipes
Baby corn gravy
Baby corn fry
Baby corn stir fry

How to Make Baby Corn Manchurian (Stepwise photos)

Preparation

1. Wash babycorn and cut them diagonally. If you like to make a restaurant style baby corn manchurian, then make a batter first. To make the batter, add corn flour, plain flour, salt and pepper powder to a bowl. Add water and make a batter. Dip the baby corn in the batter and fry in oil.

I like to minimise the corn and plain flours so skipped plain flour and used 2 tbsp corn flour. I added the babycorn to a bowl and then corn flour, salt and pepper powder.

2. Tossed everything well, sprinkled little water and tossed again.

3. Deep fry or shallow fry. You can also grill these. I shallow fried in 2 batches.

4. Fry them until golden, drain to a kitchen tissue or a plate.

Make Baby Corn Manchurian

5. Transfer the oil to a bowl and keep little in the pan. Put on the flame to high this lends a smoky flavor. Fry ginger garlic until they smell good. Add onions and spring onion whites. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes.

6. Add capsicums, saute for 2 to 3 minutes.

7. Add ½ to 1 tbsp. soya sauce.

8. Add ¼ to ½ tbsp. vinegar.

9. Add ¾ to 1 ½ tbsp tomato sauce and ¾ to 1 ½ tbsp. chilli sauce (optional).

10. Add ½ tsp sugar and 2 to 3 tbsp. water to make a sauce. Check the sweet sour levels by tasting. Add more tomato or chilli sauce if needed. Above mentioned quantities are what i use. If you like to make a gravy, stir in 1 tsp corn starch (corn flour) in 3 tbsps water. For more gravy, add more sauces and more corn flour. Cook until the sauce thickens.

11. Add baby corn, spring onions greens and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.

Serve baby corn manchurian as a starter or snack. You can serve a gravy dish with fried rice or noodles. Garnish with spring onions.

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