Fried wantons with saucy filling - My first recipe!
Growing up in an typical north Indian family most of my childhood went in eating and relishing Indian food. My mother however was quite modern for her times and did experiment in venturing a little beyond the household of an Indian kitchen. Limitation of the time she lived it combined with the limitations of the ingredients available i was lucky to have had a taste of macaroni, baked veggies in white sauce and noodle cakes etc. quite early in my childhood days.
To think about it now and looking back over so many years I realize that my fondness towards western cuisine and my desire to cook them in my very own Indian kitchen goes to my mom & my 2 yrs as student in UK where I found my love for pastas. While experimenting I realized that many times either i didn't know the ingredient or it was not easily available or very expensive for me to buy and use for my food experience.
My intention here is to simplify the ingredients and find suitable substitutes while maintaining the flavor of the west and sometimes fusing the spicy flavor of east.
My first recipe is a creation of mine which i made for my nephew. Don't have any pictures rite now but will surely upload once i make it again
Crispy fried wantons with white sauce filling
Ingredients
For the dough- All purpose flour - 1cup
For White sauce
- Milk - 1cup
- Butter - 4 tbs
- All purpose flour - 1 tbs
- Mushrooms - 1/2 pack
- Sweet Corn - 1/4th cup
- Garlic - 1 pod crushed
- Ground pepper - 1tsp
- Green chilies - 2nos
Method
Kneed the all purpose flour with water into dough and keep it to rest for 15-20 min. Put the butter into a pan and let it melt then add all purpose flour and stir till golden brown. Add milk into the pan and stir continuously till it thickness and becomes off white in colour then add pepper. In another pan pour oil and add crushed garlic with green chilies and saute for a minute then add the mushroom & corn. Mix this mixture with the sauce add salt to taste.
Roll out the dough and cut small square sheets of 4cmx4cm or as per your preference. Put the filling in the center and flip the other end to close the sheet forming a triangle and seal the edges. Deep fry these wantons and enjoy with sauce!
Please let me know your views & comments are welcome
