Chetna Makan’s Recipes For Corn On The Cob Curry And Coriander Mint Chutney Butter Corn

2 weeks ago

Inspired by a maize curry from Maharashtra, today’s look has nan cleanable umami flavour: a spot of power from nan chillies, immoderate gentle sweetness from nan sweetener and tons of sourness from nan lime juice, on pinch nan creamy coconut beverage and juicy corn. The sharpness of a fresh, herby chutney pinch salty butter, meanwhile, makes nan cleanable topping for barbecued maize connected nan cob. I often navigator nan maize consecutive connected nan hob, which is simply a spot tricky, but it’s really we did it erstwhile I was increasing up successful India.

Corn connected nan cob curry (pictured top)

Prep 10 min
Cook 45 min
Serves 4-6

For nan curry
4 corn cobs, trim successful half widthways
2-3 tbsp peanut oil, aliases sunflower oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
4 ail cloves, peeled and finely chopped
20 curry leaves
400ml coconut milk
1 tsp salt

For nan curry paste
40g caller coriander, leaves and stalks
10g caller mint, leaves only
6 ail cloves, peeled
2½cm portion caller ginger, peeled
4 greenish chillies, stalks discarded, soma roughly chopped (remove nan pith and seeds if you for illustration little heat)
1 medium-sized reddish onion, peeled and astir chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp achromatic pepper
2 tsp soft brownish sugar
½ tsp crushed turmeric
4 tbsp lime juice

Put nan maize pieces successful a pan, screen pinch h2o and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes, past drain. Meanwhile, put each curry paste ingredients and 2 tablespoons of h2o successful a blender and blitz smooth.

Heat nan lipid successful a cookware and adhd nan cumin. Once they commencement to sizzle, adhd nan chopped ail and nan curry leaves, and navigator for a minute. Stir successful nan curry paste and 100ml water, and navigator complete a debased power for 5 minutes.

Tip successful nan coconut milk, past adhd nan brackish and each but 1 of nan pieces of corn. Shave nan kernels disconnected nan remaining portion of corn, past adhd those to nan curry pinch 100ml much water. Bring to a boil, past move down nan heat, screen and navigator for 10 minutes.

Serve basking pinch a heap of fluffy rice.

Coriander mint chutney food corn

Use nan leftover chutney arsenic a dip aliases successful sandwiches, aliases frost it for different day.

Prep 5 min
Cook 30 min
Serves 4

4 tsp softened salted butter
4 corn cobs

For nan chutney
20g caller coriander, leaves and stalks
5g caller mint, leaves only
2 tbsp citrus juice
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
2 greenish chillies

Put each nan ingredients for nan chutney successful a blender and blitz smooth.

Put nan food successful a bowl, adhd 2 tablespoons of nan chutney and operation good to combine; prevention nan remainder of nan chutney for different use.

Cook nan maize cobs connected a basking barbecue aliases straight complete nan occurrence of a state hob until charred and tender. While nan maize is hot, dispersed nan chutney food connected apical and service astatine once.

Chetna Makan’s astir caller book, Easy Indian Vegetarian: Delicious Recipes for Every Day, is published by Octopus astatine £26. To bid a transcript for £23.40, spell to guardianbookshop.com