Black Bean, corn and mango salad

Ingredients:

Black Beans: 1 can
Red Onions(finely chopped): 1 medium sized.
Fresh Corn Kernels: 1/2 cup
Ripe Mango(chopped): 1/2 cup
Honey: 1 tbsp
Lime Juice: 1 tbsp
salt to taste
Olive oil: 1 tsp
Bell Pepper(chopped): 1/4 cup
Cilantro(finely chopped): 1 tbsp

Procedure:

Add oil to a pan and when the oil is heated add the corn kernels and cook until the corn is cooked.
Add the cooked corn to the remaining ingredients and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Garnish with cilantro.

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Creamy Corn Curry

Here is a simple corn curry that is very easy to make, tastes great with rotis or you can just eat it by itself like a side dish.


Ingredients:


Sweet Corn: 1 cup
Onion ( Big sized)( finely chopped): 1
Milk: 3/4 cup
Salt as required

Seasoning:
Oil: 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
Turmeric: 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves: 4
Green chillies: 2 (optional)
Red chillies( Broken): 2
Asoefetida( Hind): a pinch

Procedure:

1. For the corn, I used the frozen yellow corn. You ca use canned or fresh corn too.
2. Add oil to a pan and heat it. When the oil is heated, add all the seasoning ingredients in the order mentioned.
3. When the seeds start spluttering, add the chopped onions and little salt.
4. Cook until the unions become soft and translucent.
5. Now add the corn and cook for 10 minutes.
6. Adjust the salt.
7. Add the milk and let the corn cook in the milk for 3-4 minutes and turn off the heat and set the pan aside for few minutes.
8. The milk gets absorbed into the corn after few minutes and the curry becomes thick and ready to be served.
9. Tastes great with rotis.

Suggestions: If you like it sweet avoid the green chillies. But if you want to make it more spicy use the green chillies.

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Black Bean and Corn Salad

 Ingredients:

Black Beans:	1 can
Whole kernel corn:	1/2 can
Bell Pepper:	1/2(finely chopped)
Tomatoes:	1 medium - sized (finely chopped)
Onions:	1 medium - sized (finely chopped)
Salt:	as required.
Sugar:	1 tsp.
Extra virgin olive oil:	1 tbsp
Cilantro:	(finely chopped)
White wine venigar:	1/2 tsp
lemon juice:	1 tbsp

Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients, refrigerate for 30 minutes and serve.

This was big hit in my house. My little girl just loved it.

 

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