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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Corn salad

Introduction:
It's an easy and quick salad made out of boiled corns with salad veggies. It goes well with your daily lunch and dinner.

Ingredients:
Green corn: 1
Onions: 1(Chopped)
Tomatoes: 1(Chopped)
Cucumber: 1 bowl(Chopped)
green chillies: 1/2 tsp
Cabbage: 1/2 bowl(Chopped finely)
Carrots: 1(grated)
Lemon juice: 4 tsp
Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
chaat masala: 1 tsp
Salt: to taste
Green corriander: for garnishing

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins(to boil the corn)

Serves for: 2 servings

Method:
Remove the leaves of the corn and break it into two halves. Put it into a pressure cooker with sufficient water and cook it for 2 whistles on medium flames. Put off the flame and let the pressure to release by itself. Meanwhile chopped all the salad veggies.
Open up the cooker and take the corn out. Run some cold water over it. Now with a help of knife, take out all the corns out of the stem. Put all the ingredients into a bowl along with the boiled corns. Mix properly. Garnish with corriander leaves or with fresh cream.

TIPS:
1. You can adjust the type of vegetables according to your taste.
2. Make sure the corn is perfectly boiled. Otherwise you'll have to chew it hard, while eating.
3. You can keep the boiled corns in fridge and make the salad instantly whenever you want.
4. If you don't get the fresh green corn in the market, you can use the canned corns available in the store.
5. You can also mix different kind of  fruits along with sweet corns to make a delicious corn fruits salad.

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