Monday, June 25, 2012

Corn Bhel (Sweet Corn Chaat)


Today I am sharing a very healthy and delicious twist on the traditional bhel recipe - Corn Bhel. If you are craving chaats and chatpata things, this is a quick and easy way to appease your tastebuds :)

Ingredients: Sweet Corn - 2 cups (frozen or fresh), Tomatoes- 2 chopped, Cucumber - Chopped 1, Onion - 1 small chopped, Cilantro for garnish, Sev - 4 tbsp.

Apart from this you also need these 2 chutneys essential for any chaat:
1. Sweet Jaggery/Date and Tamarind Chutney:  Soaked dates: 10-12,  Jaggery - 1/4th cup, Tamarind pulp -  1tbsp, Coriander powder-  1 tsp, red chilli powder -  1 tsp, salt to taste. Soak dates for at least 20 mins and then grind all the ingredients in a mixer. Cook for 5-8 mins till chutney is thick.

2. Spicy Green Chutney: Cilantro - 1/2 bunch, Mint - few leaves, green chilli - 4-5 (as per desired level of spiciness), lemon juice - 1/2 lemon, salt to taste. Grind all these ingredients in a mixer and pour into a container.

Method for making Corn Bhel:Microwave sweet corn for 5-8 mins till soft (not mushy). Then mix all the ingredients along with both the chutneys. Garnish with cilantro and sev and serve chilled or at room temperature. 

This is also makes a great item to carry for picnics or camping because unlike the traditional puffed rice (churmura), the sweet corn does not get soggy!

39 comments:

Ria J said...

nice and healthy bhel.

Familycook said...

Yummy looking bhel and definitely healthy.

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Wow, thats a quick and interesting snack and will satisfy the craving for chaats

Unknown said...

Loved the recipe! Thanks for sharing! Nice click!

Padhu Sankar said...

Looks so tempting! Love to have it anytime

Cookwell said...

looks so yummy, very nice clicks.

Santosh Bangar said...

inviting snack

Hema said...

Healthy snack..

Unknown said...

mouthwatery chat...

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T's Mom said...

Lovely dish

radha said...

Anything with corn! Would love this

Padhu Sankar said...

Love sweet corn very much .Healthy and tempting

Gayathri NG said...

Lipsmacking chaat, i am drooling over here...

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Interesting and inviting

Unknown said...

Superb and yummy chaat. Healthy also.

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Soni Mishra said...

Healthy & yummy :)

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

A very nice alternate to the regular bhel...sounds delicious

Rachana said...

a quick and a delicious chaat!

Shama Nagarajan said...

yummy..link it up with street party food evnt in my blog.

Priya Suresh said...

Droolworthy chaat, simply loving it.

Hamaree Rasoi said...

nice idea for saturday party evenings.nice looking chaat

Mélange said...

That's a nice combo there..Yummy chat !

Unknown said...

Delicious looking plate, easy to fix chat.

Archana said...

Looks great yummy twist.
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Anisha said...

This looks so tempting!

Suja Manoj said...

Delicious looking snack,yum

Cathleen said...

Oooh, this looks very tasty! I do need some picnic food ideas, thank you!

Vidhya said...

This looks yummy I am going to make some right away.Thanks for sharing.

Zareena said...

Lovely chaat... a perfect evening snack.

Shabbu said...

Healthy and yummy snack...
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Torviewtoronto said...

chaat looks wonderful

Unknown said...

You are making me drool, verily!! what an inviting platter of yum!

Unknown said...

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Jayanthy Kumaran said...

oh my gosh...this looks so good..:)
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R said...

thanks for all your comments and encouragement!!

Shoba said...

I love all type of chat items dear