Crispy saucy water chestnut

CRISPY SAUCY WATER CHESTNUT

CRISPY WATER CHESTNUT

INGREDIENTS

  • Water chestnuts – 250 gms [ cooked ones ]
  • Olive oil – 1 tbsp
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Maida – 1 tbsp
  • Cornflour – 1 tbsp
  • Red chilli pwdr – 1/2 tsp
  • Finely minced garlic – 1 tbsp
  • Chilli sauce – 1 tbsp
  • Soya sauce – 1 or 11/2 tsp
  • Tomato ketchup – 1 tbsp
  • Sugar – 1/2 tsp
  • Pepper pwdr – 1/4 tsp
  • Finely chopped spring onion greens or coriander leaves for garnish
  • Salt to taste
  • Cornflour slurry – tsp corn flour + water

PREPARATION

  1. Remove the flesh from the black shells of boiled chestnuts .
  2. Chop it into 2 and take in a mixing bowl , add corn flour + maida + salt + red chilli pwdr and mix well with clean hands .Keep aside for some times.
  3. Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the chest nuts till crispy and golden . Drain and remove on an absorbent paper .
  4. Make a mixture of chilli sauce + soya sauce + ketchup + sugar + pepper pwdr + 1 tbsp water and mix well .
CRISPY WATER CHESTNUT

METHOD

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil  and add garlic and fry .[don’t burn ,colour should not change ]

Lower the flame and add the sauce , mix well.

Add the cornflour slurry ,mix well .

Stir and cook till it becomes glossy /shinny . [rawness of cornflour should go ]

Add the fried chestnuts and mix well till it is completed coated with the sauce.

Finally add the greens and mix well.

Serve hot as starters .

You can also sprinkle roasted white sesame seeds for garnish .

CRISPY WATER CHESTNUT

NOTES

  1. Adjust sauces as per taste .
  2. Don’t add too much of soya sauce ,be careful .

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