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Corn in the Steamer: Secrets of Cooking

Corn is becoming popular with our population by the end of summer. Its aroma and taste qualities attract many fans to feast on. Corn has a beneficial effect on the human body. In one cob, the mass of vitamins is concentrated: B, C, D, K, PP, and also many useful elements: magnesium, phosphorus compounds, potassium, etc.

Choose corn

To cooked corn brought pleasure, it is necessary to go to the process of choice wisely. Try to buy young vegetables, the cobs of which have a yellowish-milky shade. When checking the seeds, pay attention to their softness and elasticity at the same time. Bright yellow corn is also usable, but it will be a bit hard. The foliage should be adjacent to the body and slightly exfoliate from it, have a fresh appearance and a yellowish tinge. If there are no leaves on the corn, then this may indicate the treatment of the plant with pesticides. In this case, the leaves are folded and look unattractive. In order not to alienate the buyer, they are removed in advance, explaining this fact by other reasons.

Cooking process

Once the corn is selected, you can start the cooking process. The fastest is cooking corn in a double boiler. Before starting the process, we draw attention to some more details. You should pick up the cobs of a similar size in general and with similar in size grains. If there are big cobs, and therefore there are problems with how to cook corn in a double boiler, then gently cut them into two halves along. It is not necessary to clean the leaves, their presence during the cooking process will not spoil the taste of the product. If there is time, then you can give yourself a treat in cool water, then cooking corn in a double boiler will be even more successful.

If the corn cob has found corroded grains, then we remove them. Before loading the corn into the water, the liquid must be boiled and salted. Corn in a double boiler can be prepared from half an hour to two hours. This affects the maturity of the fetus.

Determine the readiness of corn

The simplest method for determining the degree of readiness of corn is to remove the sample. For this we separate the grain from the cob and appreciate the readiness. Focus on taste preferences. Before feeding the ears you can lubricate with butter. Salt separately.

Corn in a double boiler is not the only cooking option. You can use a saucepan, pressure cooker or microwave oven. If the choice still fell on the steamer, then before cooking, the cleaned cobs should be covered with butter (creamy). For fans of non-traditional taste of corn, you can prepare a special sauce from butter, cardamom and walnut. Mix all the ingredients and hold them on the fire for a few minutes. Cook the cooked corn on a plate, watered with cooked nut mass and served with salt (in a separate container). Corn in a double boiler - a convenient option for the hostess, because the cob can not be cleaned from the leaves.

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