Corn Cutlet

Corn cutlet is very tasty and easy. A perfect tea time snack especially in monsoon. I have two recipes, both are equally tasty.

Recipe 1
Ingredients:

• Sweet corn, boiled- 1 ½ cup
• Potatoes, boiled- 2 medium
• Onion, chopped- ¼ cup
• Fresh coriander, finely chopped- ¼ cup
• Chilli flakes- 1 ½ tsp
• Black pepper, freshly ground- 1 tsp
• Mix herbs- ½ tsp
• Fresh bread crumbs- from 2 slices (Just torn the slices and grind coarsely.)
• Salt- to taste
• Oil for shallow frying- as required

Method:

• Grind coarsaly boiled corns without water.
• Peel and mash the potatoes.
• Combine together all ingredients except oil in a bowl and mix well.
• Divide the mixture into equal portions.
• Shape each portion into a ball and then press it between your palms to give it a flat tikki shape.
• Heat some oil in a pan/tava. Shallow fry the cutles on medium heat untill they turn into golden brown.
• Serve hot with a ketchup or chuteny.

Recipe 2

Ingredients:

• Sweet corn, boiled- 1 ½ cup
• Potatoes, boiled- 2 medium
• Onion, chopped- ¼ cup
• Fresh coriander, finely chopped- ¼ cup
• Green chilli- 3 to 4
• Garlic- 5 cloves
• Ginger, chopped- 1 inch
• Fresh bread crumbs- from 2 slices (Just torn the slices and grind coarsely.)
• Salt- to taste
• Oil for shallow frying- as required

Method:

• Grind coarsaly boiled corns along with garlic, ginger and green chilies without water.
• Peel and mash the potatoes.
• Combine together all ingredients except oil in a bowl and mix well.
• Divide the mixture into equal portions.
• Shape each portion into a ball and then press it between your palms to give it a flat tikki shape.
• Heat some oil in a pan/tava. Shallow fry the cutles on medium heat untill they turn into golden brown.
• Serve hot with a ketchup or chuteny.

Sweet Corn Pulao /Rice

Sweet corn pulao/rice a delicious and party recipe. This is mild in taste so this rice is good alternative for jeera rice. We can quickly make this tasty corn pulao which goes well with any curry and raita.

Ingredients:
For Rice-

• Basmati rice- 2 cups
• Vegetable stock or water- 3¾ to 4 cups 
• Oil- 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
• Bay leaf- 2
• Cinnamon stick- 1 inch
• Cloves- 5
• Pepper corns- 4
• Green cardamom- 3
• Salt- to taste
• Lemon juice- ½ tsp

For Pulao-

• Sweet corn kernels, boiled - 1 ½ cup
• Pure ghee or butter- 3 tsp
• Green chilli, cut- 3 to 4
• Onion, sliced- 1 cup
• Garlic, minced or ground- 5 to 6 cloves
• Turmeric powder-  ½ tsp
• Chilli flakes- 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves, finely chopped- ¼ cup
• Salt- to taste

Method:

• Wash and soak basmati rice in a water for 20 minutes, later drain water in a strainer and set aside.
• Heat a oil in a pressure pan. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, pepper corns, cloves, cardamom and cumin seeds to it. Saute the spices for a while.
• Add drained rice, pinch of salt, lemon juce and required water or stock.
• Mix well and close the lid of cooker. Take 3 whistles. Let it cool. Separate the cooked rice granules with soft hand. 
• Heat ghee or butter in a large pan or wok. Add chilles pieces, onions slices and saute it well till onion turns into pink color.
• Add garlic, corn kernels and turmeric powder, chilli flakes and salt. 
• Add cooked rice and mix it well. Cover and cook for 2 minutes on low flame.
• Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot.

Corn Dosa

Enjoy this unusual crispy dosa in your breakfast...

Ingredients:

• Fresh corn kernels- 2 cups (from 4 corn cobs)
• Besan (bengal gram flour)- ¼ cup
• Fine rava- 2 tbsp
• Green chilli, crushed- 3 to 4
• Ginger, finely grated- ½ inch
• Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped- ¼ cup
• Cumin powder- 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
• Hing- ¼ tsp
• Salt- to taste
• Baking soda- a pinch
• Oil- as required for frying

Method:

• Blend the sweet corn kernels with little water in a mixer till smooth paste. 
• Combine the sweet corn mixture with all the remaining ingredients and mix well to make a batter of dropping consistency like dosa batter. Add some water as required.
• Rest this batter for 15-20 minutes.
• Heat a non-stick dosa pan and grease it using a little oil.
• Pour a spoonful of the batter on the pan and move the spoon in a circular motion to make round dosa.
• Smear a little oil around the edges and cook on a medium flame till the dosa turns light brown in colour from both the sides.
• Repeat with the remaining batter to make more dosas.
• Serve hot dosas with mint chutney and tomato ketchup.

कॉर्न डोसा

साहित्य:

• मक्याचे दाणे- २ कप (४ कणसापासून)
• बेसन- पाव कप
• बारीक रवा-२ टेबलस्पून
• हिरवी मिरची, बारीक कुटून- ३ ते ४
• आले, बारीक किसून- अर्धा इंच
• कोथिंबीर, बारीक चिरून- पाव कप
• जिरेपूड - १ टिस्पून
• हळद - १/४ टिस्पून
• हिंग- १/४ टिस्पून
• मीठ- चवीनुसार 
• खायचा सोडा- चिमूटभर
• तेल-  तळण्यासाठी, आवश्यकतेनुसार 

कृती:

• थोडे पाणी घालून मक्याचे दाणे मिक्सरवर बारीक वाटून घ्यावेत.  
• मक्याच्या पेस्टमध्ये सर्व उर्वरित साहित्य एकत्र करा व चांगले ढवळा. जरुरीनुसार पाणी घालावे. मिश्रण डोसा पिठासारखे हवे. (थोडी आंबट चव हवी असल्यास पाण्याऐवजी ताक वापरावे.)  
• १५ ते २० मिनिटे मिश्रण तसेच राहू द्या. 
• नॉन-स्टिक डोसा पॅन गरम करा आणि थोडे तेल तव्याला लावा.  
• पॅनवर एक पळीभर मिश्रण घालावे आणि गोलाकर चमचा फिरवून त्याचा डोसा बनवावा. 
• डोश्याच्या कडेने थोडे तेल सोडावे आणि डोसा दोन्ही बाजूंनी हलका तपकिरी होईपर्यंत मध्यम आचेवर शिजू द्यावा.  अश्याप्रकारे सर्व उर्वरित डोसे करून घ्यावेत. 
• पुदिना चटणी आणि टोमॅटो केचपबरोबर गरम डोसा सर्व्ह करा. 

Corn Upma

Corn Upma is a variation of the original upma recipe. It is a healthy breakfast dish filled with the goodness of corn. This is very popular in Indore (MP).

Ingredients:

• Corn Cobs/maize (I used sweet corns)- 4 nos. 
• Green Chillies, chopped- 4 to 5 
• Ginger, grated or minced- 1 tsp (optional) 
• Mustard Seeds- 1 tsp 
• Turmeric Powder- ½ tsp 
• Hing- ¼ 
• Curry leaves- 1 string 
• Oil- 3 to 4 tbsp 
• Salt- to taste 
• Fresh Coconut, scraped- as required for garnishing 
• Coriander leaves, finely chopped- a handful 
• Lemon wedges- for serving 
• Nylon Sev- as required for garnishing (Suggestion) 

Method:
1. Grate the corns and set aside. If you using corn kernels, grind them without water into a coarse pulp/paste. 

2. Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.
3. Then add chopped green chillies, curry leaves, grated ginger, turmeric powder, hing and stir for a few seconds.
4. Now add the grated corn and mix.
5. Saute for a while.
6. Add the salt to it and mix well.
7. Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook on a low flame for 10 min.
8. The mixture thickens, reduces and separates from pan edge. It means upama is now done. 

9. Turn off the flame and some chopped coriander and mix well. 

10. Garnish with grated coconut, coriander leaves and lemon wedges. 
11. Serve hot. 

Notes:

• I used here American sweet corns. But you can use Indian white corns also. American sweet corn are soft and juicy means they contain more moisture. Hence they are easy to cook. Indian white corns are hard, dry and not easy to cook. So you have to use ¼ of milk to cook them. Add milk in the grated corn or paste.
• Indian white corns are not sweet so you can add pinch of sugar.

मक्याचा उपमा

साहित्य: 

• मक्याची कणसे (मी स्वीट कॉर्न वापरले आहेत) - ४ नग
• हिरव्या मिरच्या, तुकडे करून -४ ते ५ 
• आले, किसलेले- १ टिस्पून
• मोहरी -१ टिस्पून 
• हळद - १/२ टिस्पून 
• हिंग -१/४ टिस्पून 
• कढीपत्ता- १ डहाळी 
• तेल- ३ ते ४ टेबलस्पून  
• मीठ- चवीनुसार
• ओले खोबरे,खवलेले - आवश्यकतेनुसार सजावटीसाठी 
• कोथिंबीर, बारीक चिरून- एक मूठभर
• लिंबू - आवश्यकतेनुसार 
• नायलॉन शेव - सजावटीसाठी 

कृती: 

• मक्याची कणसे किसून घ्यावीत. दाणे वापरत असल्यास, पाणी न भरड वाटून घ्यावे. फूड प्रोसेसरमध्ये छान भरडता येते. 
• नॉन -स्टिक कढईत तेल तापवावे. मोहोरी घालून तडतडली की चिरलेली हिरवी मिरची, कढीपत्ता, किसलेले आले, हळद, हिंग घालून फोडणी करावी.  
• मक्याचा किस घालून परतावा. त्यात मीठ घालून चांगले मिक्स करावे. मीठ बेतानेच घालावे.  कारण कीस नंतर आळतो.  
• झाकण ठेवून १० मिनिटे  मंद आचेवर शिजू द्यावे. 
• मिश्रण घट्ट होईल आणि पॅनच्या कडेने सुटू लागेल. याचा अर्थ उपमा शिजला आहे.  
• बारीक चिरलेली कोथिंबीर घालून चांगले मिक्स करा. झाकून ठेवा.  
•  गॅस बंद करा.  
• ओले खोबरे आणि कोथिंबीर पेरून लिंबाच्या फोडी सोबत गरमागरम वाढा. 

टिपा: 

• मी इथे अमेरिकन स्वीट कॉर्न वापरले आहेत. पण आपण भारतीय पांढरा कॉर्न वापरू शकता. 
• अमेरिकन स्वीट कॉर्न मऊ व रसाळ असतात. म्हणजे त्यात पाण्याचा अंश जास्त असतो. त्यामुळे ते शिजायला सोपे असतात. 
• भारतीय पांढरे कॉर्न कडक आणि कोरडे असतात त्यामुळे शिजायला सोपे नसतात. म्हणून त्यांना शिजवण्यासाठी १/४ कप  दूध वापरावे. 
• भारतीय पांढरे मके अगोड असतात त्यामुळे आपण चिमूटभर साखर घालू शकता.  

Corn Paneer Toast

It's tempting.......

Ingredients:

• Corn kernels, boiled-  ½ cup
• Potato, boiled-  1 med.
• Paneer (cottage cheese), grated- ¼ cup
• Cheese, grated- ¼ cup (optional)
• Capsicum, finely chopped- ¼ cup
• Onion, finely chopped- ¼ cup
• Garlic crush- 1 tsp
• Oregano- 1 tsp
• Chilli flex- 1 tsp
• Salt and pepper- to taste
• Brown Bread slices- 8 
• Butter- as required, for shallow fry
•  

Method:

• Mash or grate potato and crush corns in food processor without water.
• Combine crushed corns, mashed potato, grated paneer, cheese, chopped onion, chopped capsicum, garlic, oregano, chilli flex, salt and pepper in the bowl. Mix well.
• Cut bread slices into triangle. Spread the above mixture on bread slices.
• Heat little butter in the pan, place the brad side first. Roast till become crisp. Flip over and roast other side. Apply some butter if needed.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Corn Chat (Tangy Corn Salad)

ही पाककृती वाचा मराठीतून सुद्धा


For this you need:

Boiled corn kernels- 1 ½ cup
Chopped boiled potato- ¼ cup
Chopped tomato- ½ cup
Chopped onion- ¼ cup (make small rings, if possible)
Finely chopped green chili- ¼ tsp
Chopped fresh coriander- ¼ cup
Finely chopped mint leaves- 1 tbsp (you can use mint chutney instead of this)
Pomegranate kernels- ¼ cup
Finely chopped raw mango- 1 tbsp (optional)
Lime juice- 1 tbsp
Tamarind chutney or sauce- 1 tbsp
Chill powder- ½  tsp
Rock salt- ½ tsp
Chat Masala- 1 tsp


Mix all ingredients in bowl.
Just remember...all ingredients should be fresh for better taste.
You can add yellow shev, masala peanuts etc. etc. :)