Ingredients:
• 3-4 Carrots (finely diced)
• 1-2 Onions (finely diced)
• 3/4 cup – Sweet Corn kernels
• 1 Green chilli (chopped & deseeded)
• 1/4 tsp – Ginger (julienned)
• 1/2 tsp – Garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 liter – Water or (vegetable stock)
• Seasoning: Salt according to taste
• 1 tsp – Black pepper powder
• 1 tsp – White pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp – Oregano (optional)
• 1/4 tsp – Thyme (optional)
• 1 tbsp – For thickening & sauce (optional) Corn flour
• 2 tbsp – water
• 2 tbsps – Maida
• 2tbsp – Butter
• 3-4 tbsp – Cream, fresh
• Garnish: Coriander finely chopped
• Spring onions finely chopped
• ccompaniments: Corn bread
• Tortillas
Method:
- In a broad saucepan, add the vegetable / chicken stock.
- To the stock, add all the seasoning ingredients.
- Stir well and add the chopped vegetables except corn kernels.
- Corn kernels, if left to boil too long, will lose its sugar content and taste bad. Hence, add it only in the last 5-6 mins of the stock boiling.
- Once the stock comes to a boil and the vegetables are tender and not mushy, turn off the heat.
- In another saucepan, add corn flour, maida and all the seasoning ingredients. Stir continuously while the elements are added.
- Add the cream and keep stirring the flour to avoid any lump. Ensure this is done off the heat. Once the flour and cream combine well and you get a pourable consistency of liquid, place the pan on heat continuing to stir.
- Add the butter and keep whisking. You will find the liquid thickening, this will be your white sauce.
- Add the corn and the stock to the prepared sauce or vice versa. Keep stirring else you’d end up with lumps of flour in your soup.
- Cook for an additional 5-6 mins till you get a creamy consistency of the soup.
- Garnish with coriander or spring onions accompanied with toasted wheat bread.
- You could boil the corn cob in water and separate the kernels easily by using a knife.
- You could remove the sauce completely and instead saute some onions with butter. Add the corn kernels and stock. Let it come to a boil and then just blend it to a puree with a stick blender. Pour 2-3 eggs in a stringy fashion over the soup and let it simmer. Add the seasoning and just eat.
- You can replace the butter with olive oil and make it healthier.
Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi