Recipe 2 - Corn Salsa

Corn Salsa

Corn based starter meal topped with shredded coconut dipped in a homemade tomato sauce

Ingredients:

• 1½ (rice) cup corn
• 1 tomato
• 1 green chilly
• ¼ or ½ an onion
• few curry leaves
• cilantro
• ¾ cup shredded coconut
• lime essence
• mustard
• cooking oil
• salt
• water

Method:

• pressure cook 1 cup of corn (just 1-2 whistles should do)
• grind 1 tomato, 1 green chilly, few curry leaves, cilantro, ¼ or ½ an onion, a pinch of salt & 1 teaspoon of water in a mixie. You’ll get a pasty solution
• add a teaspoon of cooking oil to a pan, add mustard.. after it starts bursting, add the 1 cup of cooked corn & the remaining ½ cup of uncooked corn & the above pasty solution
• mix them well for like 5 minutes
• add the shredded coconut & mix for another 2 minutes
• remove from stove, pour lime essence & mix well
• top it with shredded coconut & serve hot