Veg lollipop recipe with step by step photos. Delicious Indo chinese starter recipe made wit mixed vegetables. veg lollipop recipe is the vegetarian variation of popular chicken lollipop recipe.
Vegetable lollipop are deep fried balls made with mixed veggies and corn flour. These balls resemble lollipop candy and hence the name. Here I have also shared a delicious dipping sauce to serve with these veggie lollipops.
These veg lollipops make for a good vegetarian snack or starter in your indo chinese party. While you can serve this as starter along with veg fried rice, veg noodles and manchow soup, these veggie lollipops are best snack option for toddlers and kids. When serving for toddlers and kids and you can leave out the dipping sauce and serve crispy lollipops alone. Furthermore this veg lollipop is a wonderful option to snack veggies in kids diet.
To make tasty veg lollipops I always use assorted vegetables with a mashed potato base. These veggie pops are mildly flavored with minimum seasoning especially palatable to toddlers and kids. Also I have made these with neutral flavor. The seasonings are just salt, pepper and chili flakes.
For making Indian style veg lollipop you can easily vary the seasoning. You can add garam masala, cumin powder red chili powder etc. Also you can make continental style veggie lollipops with mixed dried herbs, sour cream etc.
In this recipe, mashed potatoes and corn flour act as binding agent. The dipping sauce adds an interesting flavor to this veg lollipop. You can either drizzle the sauce over the lollipops or serve separately. You can shape the lollipops well ahead and refrigerate.
I have shallow fried the lollipops. You can also deep fry or air fry or bake them. Also you can make the balls and refrigerate for few hours. Fry just before serving to retain the crispness. The recipe can be easily doubled and halved.
Serve veg lollipops hot as snack or starter.
More snack recipes:
Potato lollipops, paneer balls, corn fritters recipes
How to make veg lollipop recipe
1.Boil, peel and mash the potatoes very well.
2. Chop the other veggies very finely.
3. Take the mashed potatoes and veggies in a mixing bowl. Add corn flour, salt, pepper powder, chili flakes and mix very well. Do not add water.
4. Shape into small logs like lollipops. Insert a toothpick or lollipop stick into each log.
5. Heat oil for shallow frying. Shallow fry 2-3 lollipops at at time until golden brown. Arrange in a serving plate.
To make dipping sauce:
6. Heat 2 teaspoons sesame oil in a small kadai. Once the oil is hot add crushed garlic, chili flakes and saute well. After the raw smell goes off add 2 tablespoons tomato sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce and mix well. Add 1/4 cup water and cook till the sauce thickens. Drizzle this sauce over prepared lollipops. Serve veg lollipops garnished with spring onion greens.
Veg lollipop recipe card below:
Veg lollipop recipe | How to make veg lollipop recipe
1 CUP = 250 ml
Ingredients
- For lollipops
- 1 cup finely chopped veggies
- 2 big potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
- Salt
- pepper powder
- Oil for frying
- For dipping sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
- 2-3 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
Instructions
- Boil, peel and mash the potatoes very well.
- Chop the other veggies very finely.
- Take the mashed potatoes and veggies in a mixing bowl.Add corn flour, salt, pepper powder, chili flakes and mix very well. Do not add water.
- Shape into small logs like lollipops. Insert a toothpick or lollipop stick into each log.
- Heat oil for shallow frying. Shallow fry 2-3 lollipops at at time until golden brown. Arrange in a serving plate.
To make dipping sauce
- Heat 2 teaspoons sesame oil in a small kadai. Once the oil is hot add crushed garlic, chili flakes and saute well.
- After the raw smell goes off add 2 tablespoons tomato sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce and mix well. Add 1/4 cup water and cook till the sauce thickens. Drizzle this sauce over prepared lollipops. Serve veg lollipops garnished with spring onion greens.
Notes
2. You can add ginger garlic paste to the lollipops.
Nutrition
Liza Lee says
Veg lollipop
I love this dish. whenever I was going to restaurants , I always order this first.
Now I am cooking it at home.
Thanks for sharing this recipe