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Recipe: Pan-roasted Spiced Corn Salad

In Recipe on May 12, 2008 at 8:18 am

My sister passed on this recipe to try for our Mother’s Day BBQ and it fared quite well.

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 2 dried red chillies
  • 1 lb frozen corn
  • 2 tbsp corn oil or canola oil
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • salt (to taste)
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 3 tsp cilantro, chopped and some to garnish
  • mixed greens

Preparation

- dry roast the cumin, fennel and red chillies in a skillet.  When cool, grind all three into a powder

- fry the frozen corn in a skillet until excess water is evaporated and the corn is crunchy, set aside

- fry the onions in the oil

- add corn, salt and ground spice

- cook for 2 min

- add red pepper and cilantro

- serve over a bed of mixed greens and garnish with cilantro