Chinese Corn Croquettes

             

Chinese Corn Croquettes can be served as an amazing party snack or a perfect rainy day snack.. This finger snack is tangy and spicy balanced with the sweetness of corn.. I made this appetizer on a sunday evening for my family who munched on it while watching tv (it did not rain though :P).. If i plan to make a dish, it needs to be made irrespective of everything else.. And so absence of rain was not a hindrance for my family to enjoy this fried snack..

                "Croquer" is a French word meaning "to crunch", and so the name croquette which are generally oval shaped fried rolls made of breadcrumbs, potato mash, stuffed with a filling of choice.. Here i made a filling of sweet corn with the chinese flavours..  So sit back errr no,, gear up to make this dish in your kitchenette and enjoy it the most..

Ingredients:

For Schezwan corn

1 cup corn kernels boiled

2tbsp schezwan paste

2tbsp onion

Salt

For Croquettes

2 potatoes boiled

2tbsp bread crumbs

Salt

Red chilli powder

Dhaniya

Green chilli

For sauce:

1tsp oil

1tbsp onion chopped

2tbsp tomato sauce

2tsp chilli sauce

Method: For schezwan corn: Heat oil. Saute onions and add schezwaan paste. Cook for a min. Add corn and mix and keep aside. Mix all ingredients of croquette and make it cylinder shape with schezwaan corn stuffed in between. Deep fry. For sauce: heat oil. Saute onions and add sauces. Mix and cook for a min. Keep aside. Take short glasses. Pour 1tbsp of prepared sauce each. And put cylinder shaped croquette on top.  In few short glasses serve only schezwaan corn as well.
Note - You can make your own schezwan sauce at home or use store bought ones. I used home made, the recipe of which is given here..
Can experiment with filling of your choice.

Process of Schezwan Corn

Process of dipping sauce

Process of making croquettes

Serve croquettes in shot glasses with some sauce and some more schezwan corn

An inside view of the croquette