Szechwan Babycorn

Ingredients

• • Baby corn (fresh) - 400 grams
• • Corn flour - ¼ cup
• • Oil (for deep frying) - as required

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Ingredients For Marinating

• • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Ajinomoto - ½ teaspoon
• • Soya sauce - 2 teaspoons
• • Salt - as required
• • White pepper - as required
• • Vinegar - 1 tablespoon

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Ingredients For Preparing The Sauce

• • Tomato sauce - 3 tablespoons
• • Soya sauce - 1 ½ tablespoons
• • Chilly sauce - 2 teaspoons
• • Corn flour - 1 tablespoon
• • Water - 1 cup

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Other Ingredients

• • Green chillies - 6
• • Garlic - 10 flakes
• • Ajinomoto - ½ teaspoon
• • Spring onions - 3
• • White onions (chopped) - 1 cup

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Method

• 1. Peel outer skin and put baby corn in very hot water for 10 minutes. (If the pieces are big cut into two).
• 2. Strain water and apply the marinade all over the pieces. Allow to marinate for ½ an hour.
• 3. Mix corn flour in little water to make a thick batter.
• 4. Dip the marinated pieces one by one in this and deep fry in hot oil.
• 5. Mix all the Ingredients: mentioned, under sauce, heat in reduced flame till it gets a shine and thick sauce is formed.
• 6. Slice green chillies and garlic into small pieces.
• 7. Heat little oil, fry chopped onions, garlic and chillies with Ajinomoto in high flame for 3 minutes.
• 8. Pour the prepared sauce, add deep fried baby com and stir for few minutes.
• 9. Cut spring onions finely and garnish on top of the gravy.