Sometimes, the normal, everyday fare doesn’t hit the spot and you want to go for something just that little bit unique. I tried this side dish precisely for that reason. This is a dry side dish, but it can also be made as a gravy side dish (but that’s another post 🙂 )

Recipe for Baby corn and Carrot Stir-fry

Serves : 2
Ingredients :

• 3 carrots cut into thin long pieces (approx 1 cup)
• 1 cup baby corn roughly chopped into large pieces
• 1 big onion chopped into thin long slices
• 1 tsp Garam Masala or curry powder
• 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
• 2 tsp oil
• Mustard seeds
• Fresh cilantro or coriander leaves [optional]
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds
• When they splutter, add the onions and fry them until soft and transparent
• Add some chilly powder and salt and mix well
• Add the chopped carrots and sprinkle some water on them. Cover and cook for 5-7 mins. Check once in a while so that the carrots don’t get burnt
• While the carrots are cooking, take a vessel and add the chopped baby corns in it. Add just enough to cover the corn and then add salt
• Heat this bowl of baby corns on medium-low flame till the baby corns become slightly soft. You can check by removing a single piece and cutting it with a spoon
• Strain the water and add the baby corns to carrots and stir the mixture well
• Add the garam/curry masala at this stage and adjust salt, if required. Let the mixture cook on a low flame
• Cook to till the vegetables are just soft
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot

Tips :

• If the carrots that you buy are very sweet, reduce 1 carrot, or increase the baby corn
•  Bear in mind that since baby corn is separately cooked in water, you don’t have to cook the final mixture beyond 2-3 mins on low flame.
• This is a recipe where you have to keep monitoring for the final texture of the cooked vegetables. If you forget it on the flame, the veggies will overcook or burn – so please don’t forget it on the flame.
•  For those staying in Singapore, I use one small box of baby corn (with about 12 big pieces of baby corn) from NTUC.