Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Corn Vada Recipe | Sweet Corn Garelu - Street Style is a vegetarian south india snack made with sweet corn, besan, and rice flour in about 20 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: south india
Ingredients
- 1½ cup sweet corn
- ½ cup besan
- ½ cup rice flour
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- ½ carrot (grated)
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- few curry leaves (chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (grated)
- 2 chilli (finely chopped)
- oil (for frying)
Method
- Firstly, in a mixer jar, add 1½ cups of sweet corn and pulse until it forms a coarse paste.
- Transfer the corn paste to the large plate.
- Add ½ cup besan, ½ cup rice flour, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp cumin, ½ tsp cumin powder and 1 tsp salt.
- Mix well, making sure all the spices are well combined.
- Further add ½ onion, ½ carrot, 2 tbsp coriander, few curry leaves, 1 inch ginger, 2 chilli. Mix well.
- Now pinch a small ball-sized mixture and flatten slightly with your palm, making sure to keep the edges thin compared to the centre.
- Drop the vada into hot oil, keeping the flame on medium.
- Do not touch the vada for 2 minutes, or else there is a chance that the vada will break.
- Stir occasionally, and fry on medium flame, until the vada turns golden and crunchy.
- Drain off and keep aside. Make sure to fry on medium flame, or else the vada will turn crispy on the outside and remain soft on the inside.
- Finally, Corn Vada Recipe tastes great when served with green chutney.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
