CORN ON THE COB IN COCONUT MILK GRAVY

I love coconut and anything made with coconut or coconut milk,. Hence, yesterday when an old friend & college mate, came to stay with me, I decided to innovate and made this corn in coconut milk.Since she, like me, is from the Southern part of India, I could boldly experiment,confident that she would not be averse to coconut milk, unlike a lot of people from the Northern part of India. I was delighted when I got compliments from family , friends and colleagues.I was told in no uncertain terms, to post the recipe before the night ended!!!So here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

Corn on the cob,tender,large size, cut into 1 inch pieces-3

Onion, medium size, chopped-1

Onion, medium size, ground-2

Garlic,chopped-1tbsp ( grind with onion)

Ginger, chopped-1 tsp ( grind with onion)

Tomato,medium, ground-2

Green chilli slit-1

Refined Oil- 3 tbsp

Cloves-2

Cinnamon-1 inch

Green cardamoms-2

Bay leaf-1

Sugar-1 tbsp

Besan/Gram flour-2 level tbsp

Coconut milk powder-2 small sachet(Nestle)

Red chilli powder-1/2 to3/4 tsf

Turmeric powder -1/4 to 1/2 tsf

Salt-to taste

METHOD:

Heat the oil in a deep pan.

Add clove, cardamom, bay leaf and cinnamon.

Add the chopped onions and cook till they turn pink.

Now add ground onion-ginger- garlic paste and cook till slightly brown.

Add turmeric and chilli powder.(Preferably mix in a tbsp of water and add)

Add the tomatoes and cook on high heat till it starts leaving oil.

Add bhuttas or corn and sauté for 5 minutes.

Add coconut milk powder , mixed with 1.5 litres water and 2 tbsp gram flour.

Add salt and sugar.

Cook on high heat till one boil.

Now reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes till corn is slightly tender.

Take off the fire.

Add slit green chilli

Serve hot with rice.

VARIATIONS:

1.Can omit ginger, garlic paste.

2. Can omit tomatoes.

3.Can omit clove,cardamom , cinnamon and bay leaf.

4.Make South Indian stew style, by omitting tomatoes, clove,cardamom , cinnamon and bay leaf, replacing with hing/ asafoetida, 2 dried red chillies,1 tsp mustard seeds,1 tsp jeera or cummin seeds, few curry leaves.No turmeric is used and add ½ tsf coarsely freshly ground black pepper in place of red chilli powder.