How to make Corn And Vegetable Lollypop -

Veg starter shaped like a lollypop.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.

Main Ingredients : Corn kernels (मकई के दाने), Potatoes (आलू)

Cuisine : Fusion

Course : Snacks and Starters


Corn And Vegetable Lollypop

Corn And Vegetable Lollypop Recipe Card

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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 : 31-40 minutes

Cook time : 11-15 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Moderate

Taste : Spicy

Ingredients for Corn And Vegetable Lollypop Recipe

  • Corn kernels 1/2 cup

  • Potatoes 1 medium

  • Green peas 1/4 cup

  • Ginger 1 inch piece

  • Green chillies 2

  • Potato 1 large

  • Yam 150 grams

  • Oil 2 tablespo

  • Salt to taste

  • Garam masala powder 1 teaspoon

  • Kashmiri red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon

  • Chaat masala 1 teaspoon

  • Fresh coriander leaves chopped a few

  • Cornflour/ corn starch 2 tablespoons

  • Babycorn 10-12

Method

Step 1

Wash, drain and crush fresh corn kernels. Peel, wash and finely chop carrots. Wash, drain and crush green peas. Peel, wash and finely chop ginger. Remove stems, wash and finely chop green chillies.

Step 2

Boil, cool, peel and mash potato. Peel, wash, boil, cool and mash yam.

Step 3

Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan. Add ginger, green chillies and sauté. Add chopped carrots, crushed peas and stir. Add crushed corns, salt and stir.

Step 4

Take potato and yam in a bowl and add the cooked carrot-corn mixture and mix. Add garam masala powder, red chilli powder, chaat masala powder, salt to taste, chopped coriander leaves and mix gently. Add cornstarch and mix.

Step 5

Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Take a little mixture, shape into a ball and put in the hot oil to test whether it retains its shapes or breaks. If it breaks add a little more cornstarch and mix. If the baby corns are small and thin take whole or split in

Step 6

Divide the prepared mixture equally and shape into balls. Put a ball on top of each baby corn to make a lollipop. Sprinkle some cornstarch on it.

Step 7

Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and deep-fry till golden brown.

Step 8

Drain onto an absorbent paper and serve hot with a chutney of your choice.

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MasterChef Sanjeev Kapoor

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.