These are the sounds I became accustomed to hearing on my many visits to India growing up. It was the sounds and the smells of freshly-roasted corn on an open coal fire from street vendors that got us to stop every single time. There is nothing like it, I'm convinced. And when you marry that hot, roasted deliciousness with the tang of lemon or lime, black salt, and some red chile, you have a combination that is purely addictive.
I used to return from my trips to bustling India feeling very much alone in the starkly tidy and orderly West. The constant movement, the overlay of street vendors cooking and calling out, was actually comforting. It was the lack of all that when I came home that didn't sit well with me - it took me weeks to readjust to the very separate and independent lives we had in Pennsylvania growing up. No family around. Friends, you only saw on the weekends.
So I would bring a piece of India back with me by roasting corn on our stovetop at home and recreating these recipes that I loved to sample with my cousins. I hope you enjoy this incredibly simple recipe and have the experience of trying it on the streets of India one day, too.
Makes: 4 corn cobs
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 4-5 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
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by Anupy Singla, Indian As Apple Pie
Servings: 4
Keywords: Grill, Corn, Street Corn
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