Corn Pakoda is a delicious teatime snack or Indian starter dish made with sweet corn. One of our favourite Monsoon snack Corn fritters/pakora is one of best corn recipes that taste incredibly delicious. Deep-fried crispy corn pakora is made with chickpeas flour, sweet corn and regular Indian spices.
As rainy season is about to arrive and we are already having few showers here and there. Also, the corn sellers here and there tell you corn season is here too. And that means lot of corn recipes are coming up too.
In India, we are conditioned to celebrate rains with some hot pakoras with a steaming cup of masala chai when it is pouring. In fact, in most of the Indian households, rains are perfect excuse to indulge in a variety of crispy fritters of some sorts. If you love Pakora too, you can also try these Panion Pakora, Paneer pakora our all-time favourite palak and paneer pakora for teatime snack.
Nothing signifies the arrival of monsoons than corn. Who can ignore the petrichor and the aroma of Corn being roast on slowly burning coal? I feel that's the best thing about the rains.
In fact, in most of the Indian households, rains are perfect excuse to indulge in a variety of crispy fritters of some sorts. And, nothing signifies the arrival of monsoons than corn. Who can ignore the petrichor and the aroma of Corn being roasted on slowly burning coal? I feel that's the best thing about the rains. Isn't it?
Another thing that a foodie like me loves during rains is Pakora! When it is crispy Corn pakora it becomes even better.
Fresh Corn is readily available these days in markets, so if you like you can make fresh corn pakoda.In this recipe, I have used frozen corn which works great too. So you can make pakoda with frozen corns as well.
Corn Pakoda Video Recipe
For making corn pakora recipe, the corn kernels or sweet corn is mixed with besan or gram flour along with spices and herbs. A pancake consistency of the batter is made by adding required amount of water. This batter is then dropped in small ball sizes in hot oil, deep fried to make these crispy corn pakora.
Corn or maize was originally used by Native Americans only as food for thousands of years before European explorers introduce it to rest of the world. The maize seeds from the Americans were introduced into South East Asia in the late 16th century through Spanish and Portuguese traders.
A variant of corn pakoras known as corn fritters is very popular in Southern USA and Indonesia. It is made by using corn kernels, eggs, flour, milk, and butter. The mix is then deep-fried to get crispy fritters.
Other than Corn Pakoda if you like to make more variety of Pakoda's of India you can try Ragi and Methi Pakoda, Paneer Pakoda and Aloo Bonda, Dahi Pakodi, Cauliflower Fritters.
Corn Pakoda Recipe Notes
- You can use any type of corn like fresh, frozen, canned or sweet corn.
- You can avoid boiling the corn if they are fresh and soft.
- Add rice flour to make the pakodas crispier.
- Test the temperature of oil before adding the pakodas for frying.
- Remove the pakodas in tissue paper to drain excess oil
- Serve hot with chutney.
These corn pakoda are crunchy and very tasty. I mostly like to serve them as evening teatime snack with a steaming cup of masala tea and chutney. So, Next time it rains just find an excuse to indulge yourself with this crispy corn pakoras and enjoy the pitter patter of raindrops which feels nothing less than a meditation.
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📖 Recipe
Corn Pakoda - How to Make Corn Pakoda
Ingredients
- 200 g Corn kernels frozen/fresh
- 80 g gram flour besan/ chickpeas flour
- 2 green chilli chopped
- ½teaspoons Red Chilli
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon chaat masala
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 2 tablespoons Fresh coriander leaves chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil to deep fry
- 25 g rice flour
Instructions
- In a bowl Add gram flour, rice flour, chopped green chili, turmeric, red chili, coriander powder, coriander leaves, salt, corn kernels and mix well.
- Heat oil in a kadhai and once it is hot put small portions of pakoda mix for frying.
- Keep frying the pakoras on low-medium until golden brown.
- Drain the excess oil and remove the corn pakodas from oil into the serving dish which is lined with kitchen paper napkin.
- Serve with chutney or sauce.
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