Tamarind Corn

Ingredients list for Tamarind Corn

• 1 cup Sweet corn kernels
• 1 tablespoon Tamarind paste
• 1 tbsp + to deep fry Oil
• 1 Medium onion
• 1/2 Medium red capsicum
• 1/2 Medium green capsicum
• 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste
• 1/2 teaspoon Black peppercorns crushed
• to taste Salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Cornflour
• 1 tablespoon Garlic chopped
• 1 Green chillies finely chopped
• 2-3 stalks Spring onion greens

Method

1. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
2. Boil corn kernels in plenty of water in the microwave till almost done.
3. Roughly chop onion, red capsicum and green capsicum.
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.
5. Add ginger-garlic paste, crushed black peppercorns, salt and cornflour and mix well.
6. Drop the corn, a little at a time, into hot oil and deep fry till light golden. Drain on a plate.
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.
8. Add green chillies and salt and mix.
9. Roughly chop spring onion greens.
10. Add fried corn and spring onion greens to the wok and mix well.
11. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot.

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