How to make Tamarind Corn -
Spiced flour coated corn deep fried and mixed with tamarind paste and coloured peppers.
This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sanjeev Kapoor Kitchen.
Main Ingredients : Sweet corn kernels (स्वीट कॉर्न के दाने), Tamarind paste (इमली की पेस्ट )
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Tamarind Corn Recipe Card
Hindi: makai
Corn was indigenous to America, but is now grown throughout the world. It is used as a vegetable, briefly boiled or roasted or eaten with butter. And it would also interest you to know that the favourite popcorn, made by popping the small corn kernels, is a wholesome cereal food and is easily digested. Besides this, corn sees its use in various other ways – salads, soups, subzis and even sweets too!
Prep Time : 6-10 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Tangy
Ingredients for Tamarind Corn Recipe
Sweet corn kernels 1 cup
Tamarind paste 1 tablespoon
Oil 1 tbsp + to deep fry
Medium onion 1
Medium red capsicum 1/2
Medium green capsicum 1/2
Ginger-garlic paste 1 tablespoon
Black peppercorns crushed 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Cornflour 1 1/2 tablespoons
Garlic chopped 1 tablespoon
Green chillies finely chopped 1
Spring onion greens 2-3 stalks
Method
Step 1
Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
Step 2
Boil corn kernels in plenty of water in the microwave till almost done.
Step 3
Roughly chop onion, red capsicum and green capsicum.
Step 4
Keep a strainer over a bowl and pour the corn into it. Then pour some cold water so that corn kernels cool a bit. Transfer them into a mixing bowl.
Step 5
Add ginger-garlic paste, crushed black peppercorns, salt and cornflour and mix well.
Step 6
Drop the corn, a little at a time, into hot oil and deep fry till light golden. Drain on a plate.
Step 7
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick wok, add onions and saute lightly. Add garlic sauté for 1-2 minutes. Add red and green capsicums and mix well. Add tamarind paste and 2 tbsps water and mix well.
Step 8
Add green chillies and salt and mix.
Step 9
Roughly chop spring onion greens.
Step 10
Add fried corn and spring onion greens to the wok and mix well.
Step 11
Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 697 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 57.5 gm
Protein : 7.9 gm
Fat : 51.4 gm
Other : 7.9
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