How to Consume Corn in 5 Different Ways

Boiled, roasted, or grilled, corn has versatile personality traits, and that includes how well it meshes with other flavors. Butter, salt and pepper have long been the most common, easy and widely used way to dress up corn on the cob, though many of us like it without any adornment, especially when it is super sweet. But if you think of all the ways we eat corn in salads, vegetable medleys, and blends and baked goods, you realize how well it pairs with both savory and sweet ingredients.

Add these creative ideas to make your own corn recipes and enjoy the best of it:

• Make a part of soups

Fresh corn soup is worth making an exception for or saving for a cool late-season evening. There is a wide range available to cook corn soup at home, be it sweet corn soup or creamy mushroom corn soup. For a heartier bowlful, go for corn manchow soup—a vegetarian version, or add paneer to it.

• Add it to salads

A fresh, yellow, good corn doesn’t even need to be cooked to add sweet, crunchy flavor to salads, it tastes as heaven even raw. You can toss the corn kernels with cut green mango, cherry tomatoes, scallions and a Mexican-inspired dressing. Try making Fresh Corn Salad with Spicy Shrimp and Tomatoes calls for only the briefest of cooking. Summer Corn Salad recipes can be made using chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds. There are various well known Thai snacks of fresh corn that you can experiment with.

• Have it with sage

Corn and sage, like tomatoes and basil, are well to go together a combination that always works. Gluten-Free options like Savory Sage Corn Cakes or Corn Risotto with Anchovy Sage Leaf Bite. You can keep it simple with Sautéed Corn with Brown Sage Butter.

• Try with three sisters

Corn Bruschetta can be made by stir cooking corn kernels with diced red bell pepper, chopped chives, beans, crumbled feta cheese, olive oil, and a splash of red wine vinegar until well combined. Serve with garlic-rubbed toasted baguette slices. The classic example of companion planting is the Iroquois tradition of the three sisters—corn, beans, and squash. These three crops complement each other at the table. A simple mélange of corn, lima beans, zucchini, and seasonings tastes well. Try making Three Sisters Fritters, combining corn, fava beans and zucchini blossoms with tarragon butter and cayenne yogurt dipping sauce.

• For sweet tooth lovers

Considering its light natural sweetness, it’s uncommon for corn to feature in desserts. But Brazilians do that by simmering it in coconut milk and cinnamon to make corn pudding. You can try fresh corn and lemon strawberry tarts or crepes topped with lemon cream and apricot jam. But the perfect summer dessert might be sweet corn and banana ice cream or kulfi.

Here are some of the recipes which you can explore if you like it the Indian way: carrot corn kebab, sev corn bhel, mushroom potato corn soup, corn and herb pasta, crunchy corn pulao, and jalepano corn fritters.

Over to you
We hope you would love adding corn to your diet and try all these amazing options. Now you know what to try next time when you crave corn and want to binge on to something new and healthy.