Healthy Corn Palak Soup for Pregnant women

During first trimester of my pregnancy, I had lot of difficulty eating Palak. It helps in treating iron deficiency.  I and my sister in law together tried making tasty soup out of it. My sister in law doesn’t like boiled palak as it loses it colour and texture.

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins
Makes 2 servings

Ingredients:

1 bunch of palak, cleaned and washed
1 pinch asafoetida (hing)                                                                                                                                             

1/4^th cup sweet corn kernel, boiled
1 piece of green chillie
1 tbsp oil

1 cube grated cheese
salt to taste

Water as needed

Method:

1. Wash palak and grind it in a mixer.
2. Heat oil in a kadai pan and add cumin seeds and asafoetida
3. When they crackle, add palak mixture & sweet corn kernels.
4. Add salt to taste and boil for 5-10 minutes. Add water as needed.
5. Garnish it with grated cheese and serve hot.

Corn Potato Snacks

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This is another receipe which my mother in law uses it as an chivda. This item is very easy to make and tastes awesome during rains. This is my hubby favourite dish.

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Makes 2 servings

Ingredients:

3 big potatoes cut into small pieces ( size of Corn Kernels )

2 large butta, (white Corns / Maize & not sweet-corns)

1/4 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
5-6 pieces of green chillies
3-4 curry leaves
3 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)

1 tbsp jeera-dhaniya powder
3 tbsp oil
salt to taste

Method:

1. Roast the corn on a gas and separate each seeds ( Corn Kernels ) and keep it aside
2. Mix the mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, green chillies, cumin seeds and asafoetida in a kadai pan.
3. Heat the oil and add the seed mixture.
4. When they crackle, add potatoes and close the kadai with an lid for 10 minutes.
5. Check if potatoes are fried and boiled well in the oil.
6. Add Corn Kernels to it and stir.
7. Add turmeric, salt, jeera-dhaniya powder and stir for some time.
8. Garnish with the coriander and serve hot.