Garlic Babycorn & Fantastic Four Meme

This is a very tasty chinese dish. It can be served as a side dish with noodles, fried rice or pulao. Or it can also be served as a snack for parties! I have garnished it with home-grown spring onions.

Ingredients:

Babycorn -200 gm
Onion -1 chopped
Garlic -2 tbsp chopped
Egg -1 beaten
Red chilly sauce -2 tbsp
Tomato sauce -2 tbsp
Pepper powder -1\4 tsp, 1\4 tsp
Sugar -1\4 tsp, 1\4 tsp
Aginomotto -1\8 tsp, 1\8 tsp
Salt -1\4 tsp, 1\4 tsp
Corn flour -2 tbsp
Maida -2 tbsp
Spring onions -1 tbsp chopped
Oil -1 tbsp, and for frying

Method:

Slice the babycorns slantwise. In a bowl, mix egg, corn flour, maida, salt, sugar,pepper powder and aginomotto, adding a little water. Add the babycorns and mix. The batter should coat them well. Fry them in oil till golden brown. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Fry the onions and garlic till it the onion turns light brown. Add red chilli sauce, tomato sauce, salt, sugar, pepper powder and aginomotto. Mix well and add the fried babycorns. Fry for a minute. Garnish with spring onions and serve hot!


Fantastic Four Meme...!

Remya of Spices n' Flovours has tagged me for Fantastic Four Meme. Thank you Remya for tagging me! I am happy to write about myself so that other fellow bloggers can know me better.


4 Places I've Lived

• Kochi (Ernakulam), the commercial capital of Kerala - where I did my studies till graduation (BSc Chemistry). Got married during the final year, did my Post Graduation (MA English Literature) when my son was 1 1\2 yrs old.
• Bangalore - where I am staying for the past 16 yrs.
• Vienna, Austria - stayed there as a Missionary and also worked for PRO-LIFE movement protesting against the Abortion Clinics mushrooming in and around Vienna City.
• Dubai - still an NRI shuttling between Dubai and Bangalore!

4Jobs I've Had

• Teaching English to Novices in a Convent in Bangalore.
• Director of a Company owned by us.
• Working as a Missionary. I am a member of Spiritual Revival Ministry
• The role of Super Chef I am playing for the past 25 years!

4 Favourite Places I've Holidayed

(I have visted eighteen countries so far for various reasons, not exaggerating)

• Toronto and Montreal, Canada - visited Niagra Falls, and also Biodome and Botanical Gardens in Montreal...
• Holland - a small fishing village called Monnickendam is the best place I have visited so far! Here the sea level is higher than the land.
• Switzerland - nick named Heaven on Earth!
• Thailand - Pattaya Beach and the Floating Market in Bangkok...

4 Favourite Foods

My Grandmother and my mother inspired me a lot in cooking. I like traditional Kerala food the most!

• Appam and Stew
• Bread and Fish Moly
• Mutton Biriyani
• Pazham Pori

4 Places I'd rather be...

• Home, sweet home! to be at home with my dogs - 6yr old Daschund, Daisy and 9 month old Golden Retreiver, Ginger
• With my hubby in our new apartment in Dubai...
• With my son and daughter wherever they are...
• Help the poor in 4 countries -India, South Africa, Philippines and Papua New Guinea... this is my dream! Please see the kind of work that is being done in India - New Ark Mission

4 Persons I like to tag...

• cinnamon of Cinnamon Trail
• padmaja of Spicy Andhra
• shn of Mishmash
• sirisha of Ambrosia Flavours