Crispy Mokkajonna Garelu | Corn Vadas
Crispy Mokkajonna Garelu, small patties, deep fried till crunchy, are Telugu style fritters made from fresh corn kernels with added spices.
Ingredients
- 4 Corn Kernels
- 1 cup Fresh Coriander Leaves
- 1/2 cup Curry Leaves
- Salt to Taste
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tbsp Til/Sesame Seeds
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Deseed the dorn from the kernels.
- These are desi corn not the sweet corn.
- We may try with sweet corn also but they taste a bit sweet.
- Wash them well.
- In a blender jar add the corn and blend it to a coarse paste.
- Do not add water.
- Transfer this paste into a mixing bowl.
- Add chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves.
- Add salt, red chilli powder and a spoonful of sesame seeds.
- Add chopped onions, it is purely optional.
- Mix all of them well and check the consistency of the dough.
- If you found a bit sticky and unable to make patties, we can add little rice flour.
- Spread a clean cloth on the kitchen top.
- Make small patties with the dough on the cloth.
- This would absorb the moisture present in the dough and also absorbs less oil.
- Heat oil on a high flame till the fumes appear.
- Reduce the flame and slowly drop each mokkajonna garelu into the oil.
- Fry them till they turn crispy outside and cooked well inside.
- Transfer them onto a kitchen tissue.
- Repeat the same with all the garelu.
- Serve hot crispy mokkajonna garely with any chutney of your choice or sauce.
Notes
Do not add water while grinding the corn.
No need to add lentils or any flour, but the if the dough found to be sticky add little rice flour.
I did not add anything.
Adding chopped onion and garlic also our choice only.
If you don't like the taste you can always skip.