Corn Pakora

This is great afternoon snack. Its very easy to make and incredible in taste. Its very hard to find white corn in US. Usually, local ranch markets have fresh white corn on a cob. This can also be made with yellow corn, but it will have a little sweet taste which can be compensated using extra masala mixture.

Ingredients:-

• 2 cups White Corn kernels
  
• 4-5 tbsp Gram flour
  
• 1 tbsp Garlic, chopped
  
• 1 tsp Ginger, grated
  
• 2 tsp Green Chili, finely chopped
  
• 2 tbsp Chat Masala
  
• 2 tbsp Red Chili Powder
  
• 1 tsp Turmeric
  
• 1 tbsp Cilantro, chopped
  
• 1 tbsp Black Pepper
  
• Asafoetida, pinch
  
• Salt to taste
  
• Oil for frying
  

-- Masala Mixture

• 1 tsp Red Chili
  
• 1 tsp chat Maasala
  
• 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  

Method:-
1. Keep aside half cup of corn. Add 1-1/2 cup whitel corn, green chilli, half garlic and ginger, salt, into the blender. Add around 1 tsp of water and make paste.

2. In a small bowl, mix red chilli powder, chat masala, and black pepper and keep aside for masala mixture.

3. In bowl mix gram flour, corn paste, 1 tbsp chat masala, 1 tbsp red chilli powder, turmeric, asafoetida, remaining corn kernels, chopped cilantro, remaining garlic and ginger, 1 tbsp oil.

4. Fry corn pakora on medium-to-high heat.

5. Sprinkle masala mixture on each batch of fried pakoras.


Enjoy...