Corn is that delicacy that can satisfy the growing feeling of hunger, since this vegetable is quite high-calorie. In addition, it is endowed with many useful properties and is well suited to people suffering from diabetes mellitus, obesity, gastrointestinal diseases, metabolic disorders and others. But healthy people are also advised to consume corn, as it contains vitamins, amino acids, minerals and many other useful substances. You only need to know how to cook corn properly in order to preserve all its nutritional properties.
To get a delicious boiled corn, you need to choose the right variety, of which there are about thirty (those that are eaten). These all varieties differ in ripening period, sugar content, cobs size.
It should be noted that the cooking time of this vegetable depends on its type: if it is a food product, it is cooked for half an hour, since it is quite soft, in case of eating a late or fodder variety of corn, it is boiled for up to three hours.
Before you cook corn, you need to determine the method of cooking. So, when preparing this vegetable crop, it is not recommended to throw green leaves, they need to be washed and put on the bottom of the pan, and the corn itself must be laid on top, pour cold water and cook. When the water boils, salt is added to it and, if desired, some spices, for example, black or allspice, then the corn will become more aromatic.
It is recommended to use a cast-iron pan for cooking, while it is covered with a lid. By the way, considering how to cook corn, it can be noted that in the same way it is cooked in a microwave or a double boiler. In this case, the cooking time will be much shorter.
When the corn cools, it hardens; therefore, it is consumed warm and preferably hot. In order for it to remain soft and tender longer, it is necessary to grease the ears with butter, sometimes they are sprinkled with grated cheese.
Let us consider in detail how to cook corn , preserving its nutritional value.
First you need to choose the right vegetable crop. To do this, select cobs with moist stigmas of small sizes. Then they are washed well, while the peel is either cut off or left (as you like), placed in a bowl with thick walls and filled with water a few centimeters above the level of corn, covered and boiled for half an hour and a half hours. Very often a small amount of milk is added to the water.
Some people know how to cook corn in a microwave. For this, green corn leaves are laid on the bottom of the dishes, then the corn itself is also covered with leaves from above, poured with water, tightly covered and cooked for fifteen minutes.
In addition to cooking, you can also stew this vegetable, and the dish will turn out to be no less tasty. To do this, take corn cobs (two hundred grams), two tomatoes, one onion, fifty grams of dill and parsley, salt and two tablespoons of butter.
We know how to cook corn, therefore, it is necessary to start this process first, and then grains are cut from the cooked corn, peeled and finely chopped from the tomatoes, chopped onion and greens in oil, then tomatoes and corn are added and stewed. The finished dish is decorated with sprigs of greenery.
Thus, corn, being a storehouse of useful elements, is quite often present in the cuisines of different countries of the world, since everyone loves it: both adults and children. It is used as an independent dish and added to salads, because it goes well with rice, crab sticks and many other components. It can be said that corn serves as an excellent complement to almost any dish.