Baby corn Fritters:

Baby corn is one such vegetable, which tastes good in any form, from salad to curries. If it is deep fried, then there’s nothing like it. It is crunchy and flavourful.

Deep fried items are my weakness and I enjoy my evening tea with any kind of bajji’s or pakodas.

This dish was a cross between bajji and Tandoori. So, I call them fritters.

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Now we will see the procedure.

Ingredients:

Baby corn – 200 grams

Onion – 1

Coriander leaves – 1 table spoon

Salt

Ginger- garlic paste – 1 tea spoon

Red chilli powder – 1 tea spoon

Tandoori masala – 1 table spoon

Besan – 2 table spoons

Rice flour – 2 table spoons

Curd – 2 table spoons

Curry leaves – 2 springs

Oil – to deep fry

Method:

-Slice baby corn, onion. Chop coriander leaves.

-Put everything other than curry leaves and mix nicely.

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-Heat oil in a kadai, when it is hot, drop curry leaves, fry and keep aside.

-Now fry baby corn mixture by dropping baby corn and onion individually little by little.

-When it is fried, remove from the oil and drain on a tissue laden plate.

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-When all the mixture has been fried and ready, mix in curry leaves and enjoy.

 

Nendra Balekai Chips / Kerala plantain chips:

A person who can resist chips, let alone not like them, is unheard of.

Nendra is a variety of banana, which is very popular in Kerala and our coastal region. We usually use this in various snack preparations. Raw banana chips are very popular in South India and it’s usually served as a savoury side dish in a traditional meal or just as munchies. This is very addictive and has a distinct flavour due to usage of coconut oil for frying.

I got this raw banana from my cousin brother’s farm and prepared these chips after ages. All thanks to them.

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Now we will proceed towards the recipe-

Ingredients:

Green Nendra Banana – 10

Salt – 1 tbl sp

Water – 1 small cup

Coconut oil – To deep fry.

Chips slicer – to slice

Method:

Apply some oil to your hand. To some extent it will protect your hand from blackening.

Take fresh, green plantain, wash properly. Take one small sharp knife, remove top and bottom part and give slits on outer skin at regular intervals (may be 4 to 5) from top to bottom.

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Now slowly insert your thumb at the slit and open the outer skin.

Don’t throw away this skin; you can make very tasty palya/Subzi out of this.

Immerse these peeled bananas in a bowl of water.

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Take one small bowl of water and mix salt and keep aside.it is your salted water, which is used while frying chips.

Now you can keep coconut oil for heating. When it is very hot, start making chips. To test the hotness of oil, drop one small piece of plantain, if it pops up immediately, it is ready.

Take out plantain from water, pat dry and start slicing directly to the hot oil by using slicer.

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Use one or two plantains at a time.

Keep flame at medium. When the slices of plantain cook, the bubbling sound of the oil becomes faint. Now you can add 1 tbl spoon of salted water, and you will hear lot of bubbles and bubbling sound. When the sound reduces, the chips are ready to be removed from the oil.

Remove the chips from the oil and keep them on a tissue-laid plate.

After cooling store, it in an air tight container and proceed with the remaining plantain.