Szechwan Babycorn in Microwave oven | Indo-Chinese Appetizers

Ever wonder what all you can make in a Microwave oven. Practically anything* provided you know the techniques and the approximate cooking time for various food items. I am not much of a great cook with microwave oven but trying to make use of it for cooking as frequently as possible. I did make and blog about Masala Peanuts and Broccoli Cheddar Soup cooked in microwave. I made this Szechwan Babycorn one rainy evening and was a breeze to make in the microwave oven.

Ingredients:
Adapted from Mallika Badrinath Cookbook
Babycorn - 250g - 8 oz packet - Cut into 2 inch pieces and blanched
Corn flour - 4 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Marination:
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Light Soy Sauce - 2 tbsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Sauce:
Tomato sauce (Maggi) - 2 tbsp
Red chilli sauce (Sriracha) - 1 tbsp
Cornflour - 1 tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Water - 200 ml
Saute:
Green chillies - 1 or 2
Garlic - 6 fat cloves - minced
Garnish:
Spring onions - optional - I didn't have at hand.. Wish I did :(

Method:
Mix the ingredients for marinade with the drained babycorn pieces and let it sit for 15-30 mins. Remove the babycorn pieces from the marinade to a plate and dust the corn flour over it and mix well. Mix the sauce ingredients to the leftover marinade. Heat oil in a wide microwave-proof bowl for 2 minutes. Add the marinated babycorn pieces to the oil and mix well. Cook for 3 mins stirring once in between. Transfer to another plate. In the remaining oil add the items under saute and cook for 3 minutes stirring once in between. Add the sauce-marinade mixture to the bowl and cook for 4-5 mins until it boils. The mixture may look watery at this stage but will thicken up. Add the fried babycorn pieces with spring onions and cook for another 2 mins. Allow a standing time of 3 minutes and serve hot.
Marinating time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Standing time: 3 mins
* - Deep frying cannot be done in a microwave oven

Linking this plate to Serve It - Microwaved event happening at my space and Denny's. And also to Spotlight - Healthy Snacks; JCO Celebrate - Monsoon of India.