Babycorn Pepper - Salt

This week......is Chinese special........I am trying to re create Indo Chinese recipes, that I am missing out here when I want to have them

10 - 12 baby corn, boiled
1/2 tsp cornflour
2tsp refined flour / plain flour
1.5 tsp black pepper corns freshly crushed - you can also use pink and white instead
2Tbsp Spring Onion greens - chopped
2 Stalk Spring onion bulbs - sliced vertically
Salt to taste
2 green chillies - finely chopped
1tsp ginger - finely chopped
1tsp garlic  - finely chopped ( i avoided this, but it does increases the flavor)
1Tbsp celery - chopped
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1tsp Vinegar
1tsp Soya sauce
1/2 Tbsp + for deep frying - Oil

Cut the boiled baby corns vertically ( 2 -3 cuts for a babycorn) into smaller pieces - bit size pieces
In a bowl add the baby corn and season with with salt and white pepper, add cornstarch / cornflour along with plain flour to dust and mix it well
Heat oil in a pan and add the coated baby corn and fry until crisp
In the meanwhile heat oil in a wok and add garlic, ginger , green chillies and celery ( you can add more apart from the specified quantity in case you like celery)
Give it a stir and add the onion bulbs, you can also add sliced onions
Saute well
Also keep a check on the babycorn, and stir it so that its evenly cooked and crisp - crunchy
Add soya sauce to the wok along with salt and the crispy babycorn , directly from the oil at this stage
Give it a mix and add vinegar, crushed peppercorns and garnish with spring onion greens
Serve it immediately since the baby corns needs to be crunchy and crisp......tat s when you will enjoy it the most

Tawa Aloo Chat

Here is one of my favorite recipe, and I can just have this 24*7 - 3 times a day......


3 boiled potatoes - cubed
4 Tbsp oil / ghee - for shallow fry
Salt - To taste
1Tbsp Tamarind pulp
1 Tsp Lemon juice
1 tsp red chilly powder
1tsp roasted cumin seed powder
1/4 tsp black salt
1/2 tsp Jaljeera / Chat masala

And loads of excitement + mouth watering moments


In a pan heat oil and add the potatoes , shallow fry until brown and crispy - If you wish you can also deep fry it once until light brown and then fry it on a tawa with ghee until crisp
Once done remove the potatoes in a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients
Mix well and serve

Tips:-

You can serve these on plastic plates - like the one I got from BJ's or in paper plates
Garnish it with coriander / cilantro / pomegranate pearls - I could not wait long to garnish it over
If you want to make it a lil bit healthy - you can add in finely chopped cucumber - tomatoes and onions...it tastes really good and gives a very colorful look to the dish
I did not add tamarind pulp ( I never miss it though), and that s why the aloo chat has turned a lil bit as a dry version, the tamarind helps in coating the masala evenly

So what are you waiting for.................Happy Chat-ing

Tawa Pulav

I always crave in for spicy food...and the other day while I was watching a documentary on Mumbai Street foods, caught a glimpse of tawa pulav and after much research came up with my own version of tawa pulav...Try and let me know how did it turn out !!!

1 Cup Rice
1 small onion finely chopped
1 medium tomato finely chopped
1/4 cup peas( i used the frozen version)
1/4 cup diced carrot
1/4 cup baby corn - diced / cut into pieces
1/2 cup bell peppers - mixed or just green ( I used red and green )
2 Bay leaves
2 Cloves
1" cinnamon
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilly powder
1 tsp rasam powder
1.5 tsp pav bhaji masala ( you can alter this according to the level of spicy you prefer)
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
Lime juice for garnish
Oil


- Soak rice and cook it by adding 3 cups of water in a heavy bottom vesel
- When the rice nearing to cook, add 1/4 tsp turmeric, pinch of salt, peas, carrot and baby corn
- Strain rice when done and allow it to cool
- Heat oil in a vessel or a shallow tawa, add cumin seeds, bay leaves, cloves and cinnamon
- Ad chopped onions and saute until translucent
- Once done add bell peppers and mix well for 3 - 4mins, now comes in the tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes are a bit soft
- Now add all the dry masala's ( turmeric, red chilly, rasam , garam and pav bhaji masala)
- Mix well and add the cooked vegetable and rice
- Add salt to taste and mix well

- Sprinkle some lime juice before serving
- Serve hot with curd / Raitha of your choice
- You can also use fried onions for garnish along with finely chopped cilantro / coriander springs



Note:

You can also add in other vegetables such as beans, cauliflower
In case you are using left over rice, boil the vegetables separately