Bhairav Singh – Master Chef Intercontinental, Marine Drive, Mumbai “Desi Delight”
Everybody should enjoy delicious Bhutta’s in this rainy season, when it’s raining heavily outside; your heart definitely wants yummy, mouth-watering food. So to calm your craving of food, here are two desi delight corn recipes. Enjoy Makai Ki Rab (Authentic, healthy corn appetiser) and Bhutte ka kees (spicy, nutritious, very tasty crushed corns).
Bhutte ka Kees
Ingredients:
4 no. corn (Desi Bhutta)
4 no. green chillies
1 inch ginger
½ tsp. mustard seeds
½ tsp. turmeric powder
1 tbsp. desi ghee
2 pinch asafoetida
½ tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. fresh coriander – chopped
½ cup milk
Salt to taste
For garnish
1 tbsp. grated coconut
2 no. fried green chillies
1 no. cucumber wedges
Method:
•Grate the corn with a hand grater to make a coarse paste.
•Finely chop the ginger and green chilli.
•Add desi ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and asafoetida till it splutter.
•Add green chillies and chopped ginger saute well. Now add turmeric powder, mix it well.
•Add grated corn (kees) and salt;Stir it occasionally to make sure that no lumps are formed.
•Cook well until the liquid in the corn paste gets dried off and the colour of the mixture changes to golden yellow, now add chilli powder, sugar, and milk, continue stirring till get nice texture (like upma- little moist), now add chopped coriander and here is butte ka kees ready.
•Garnish it with grated coconut, cucumber wedges and fried chillies and serve hot.
•Enjoy monsoon with your love ones.
Makai ki Rab
Ingredients:
50 gm. Makai flour, 50 gm. Makai crushed roasted
150 ml. Curd, 300 ml. Water, Two pinch Red chilli powder, Salt to taste
Method:
•Roast the crushed Makai into a sauce pan and keep a side.
•Beat the Curd and water into a mixing bowl with a whisker until smooth and buttery froth coming on top.
•Add Makai flour and roasted Makai and whisk until smooth.
•Heat the mixture into a sauce pan on low heat for 45 minutes until cooked.
•Sprinkle with red chilli powder on top and serve hot.