Chilli baby corn is delicious vegetarian snack or appetizer or starter. Chilli baby corn is a popular starter in restaurants. Learn to make chilli baby corn recipe with easy to follow step by step pictures and instructions.
Chilli baby corn is a great starter, can also be served as a sidedish for fried rice. If you are serving it with any fried rice you can make it gravy kind, if served as starter make it dry or semi saucy as per your preference.
About Chilli baby corn
Chilli baby corn or also called as baby corn chilli is one of the popular dishes in restaurants. It is a great and popular Indo chinese starter. Juicy and tender baby corn is selected dipped in a flour batter and fried first then tossed along with bellpeppers, onion and sauces finally garnished with spring onion.
It is an addictive starter and with a hint of sauces and crunchy bellpeppers and onion its so good.
Chilli Recipes are hubbys favorite so I make it quite often. Check out recipes already posted :
More baby corn recipes
Variations
- You can choose to deep fry baby corn after dipping into the batter. I chose to tawa fry it.
- You can replace maida with wheat flour, rice flour with cornflour.
Serving & Storage
- You can serve it as a starter or as a sidedish with fried rice.
- Always serve hot!
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Chilli baby corn
Ingredients
For the batter :
- 15 nos baby corn
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp maida
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- salt to taste
- oil to toast
Others:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup big onion chopped lengthwise
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
- 1 tsp spring onion white part
- 2 tbsp spring onions green part
- 1/3 cup capsicum chopped lengthwise
- 1 tsp garlic finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp soya sauce
- 1/2 tsp red chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1/4 tsp pepper powder
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil water, switch off and add Baby Corn to it and cook for 5mins.Then cut them into strips.
- In a mixing bowl take cornflour,maida,pepper powder and salt.Add little water to make a smooth paste.
- Get all your ingredients ready.Dip baby corn strips into it and fry it in a pan with little oil.You can deep fry it too.
- Drain it in tissue paper and set aside.Heat oil in a pan – add green chillies,garlic and spring onion white part and saute for 2mins then add onion, saute for a while till its transparent then add capsicum and saute for few mins.
- Then add toasted baby corn along with sauces(tomato sauce,chilli and soya sauce).Add pepper powder.
- Give a quick toss. Garnish with spring onions green part, give a quick mix and serve hot.
- Serve hot with any fried rice of your choice or just as a starter.Serve immediately before it becomes soggy.
Notes
- Don’t skip spring onions as it gives a nice flavour.
- Adding onions is purely optional, you can skip that too.
- Chilli sauce and soy sauce forms the base for any Chilli.
- The consistency is purely your choice, you can make it saucy / dry.
- Always serve hot as it may turn soggy when resting time is given.
- Make sure not to saute the veggies for a long time in the sauce as the veggies need to be crunchy.
- Don't add more soya sauce than the mentioned amount else it will change the taste and make the Chilli more darker in color.
How to make chilli baby corn
- Boil water, switch off and add Baby Corn to it and cook for 5mins.Then cut them into strips.
- In a mixing bowl take cornflour,maida,pepper powder and salt.Add little water to make a smooth paste.
- Get all your ingredients ready.Dip baby corn strips into it and fry it in a pan with little oil.You can deep fry it too.
- Drain it in tissue paper and set aside.Heat oil in a pan – add green chillies,garlic and spring onion white part and saute for 2mins then add onion, saute for a while till its transparent then add capsicum and saute for few mins.
- Then add toasted baby corn along with sauces(tomato sauce,chilli and soya sauce).Add pepper powder.
- Give a quick toss. Garnish with spring onions green part, give a quick mix and serve hot.
Serve hot with any fried rice of your choice or just as a starter.Serve immediately before it becomes soggy.
Expert Tips
- Don’t skip spring onions as it gives a nice flavour.
- Adding onions is purely optional, you can skip that too.
- Chilli sauce and soy sauce forms the base for any Chilli.
- The consistency is purely your choice, you can make it saucy / dry.
- Always serve hot as it may turn soggy when resting time is given.
- Make sure not to saute the veggies for a long time in the sauce as the veggies need to be crunchy.
- Dont add more soya sauce than the mentioned amount else it will change the taste and make the chilli more darker in color.
meigancam01
Simply delicious and healthy !!!
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Myhealthykiddo Shyamala
Colorful and inviting !!