Are you fond of anything and everything with corn on it? If yes, then definitely the soup made from fresh seasonal corns should not be a skip! The amazing Sweet Corn Soup Recipe is simple and a must try soup recipe recommended for people of all age group. The delicious corn soup cultivates authentic flavors and the rich values of corn. It is simple and easy to make at home.
Sweet Corn Soup
- Author: Karishma Shah
- Recipe Category: Soup
Description: The Sweet Corn Soup Recipe is a healthy soup from sweet corns. The creamy texture of the soup provides ultimate delight to taste buds.
Sweet Corn Soup Recipe Ingredients:
- Sweet Corns – 1 cup
- Spring Onions – 1 cup
- Green Peas – ¼ cup
- Garlic Cloves – 1 ½ tsp.
- Onions – 1 cup (finely chopped)
- Potato – 1 cup
- Celery – 1 tsp.
- Olive Oil – 1 tbsp.
- Butter – ½ tbsp.
- Beans – ¼ cup
- Margarine (Butter Spread) – 2 tsp.
- Coriander Leaves – ¼ cup
- Cauliflower – ¼ cup
- Carrots – ¼ cup
- Corn Starch – ½ tbsp.
- Sour Cream – 1 tbsp.
- Warm Water – 2 cups
- Milk – 1 cup
- Salt – as per taste
- Sugar – as per taste
- Black Pepper – as per taste
Note: You can use vegetable stock in place of milk.
Sweet Corn Soup Recipe Steps:
Pre-Preparation:
- Soak the cornstarch in water to make thick.
- Wash and finely chop all the veggies.
- Boil and extract or scrape the corn kernels from the corns.
- Take few kernels aside and for rest form a paste.
- Corn Paste: Grind garlic cloves with corns in a blender.
Note: If you are directly using corn kernel then do not boil.
Preparation:
- In a large pot, boil all the chopped veggies excluding onions and spring onions.
- In the pot of warm water add potato, peas, cauliflower, beans and carrots.
- Take a nonstick pan and heat oil or butter in it.
- Sauté the onions till they change the color to golden and become translucent.
- Add the spring onions, cook and give a toss.
- Now, mix the chopped celery and again sauté for a minute.
- When the veggies are soft and cooked, transfer the boiled veggies from pot to the pan.
- Stir and add the corn paste
- Pour some water with along with milk and simmer.
- Allow the soup to cook, wait till the boiling point.
- Transfer the corn kernels from bowl to the pan.
- Sprinkle sugar, salt and black pepper powder.
- Now mix corn starch and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Wait till the soup gets thick consistency.
- Simmer well till the corn flour cooks.
- Add the sour heavy cream to adjust the consistency.
- Stir the sour cream for few minutes.
- Check the sides to avoid it from getting burned.
- Simmer for 10 minutes till it gets cooked completely.
- Cover the pan, and bring the soup to the boiling point.
- Season the soup with the chopped coriander leaves.
And the delectable sweet corn soup is ready to be served!
Note: Do not add too much water.
Additional Information:
- Calories: 101 calories
- Total Time: PT30M
- Serves: 2
- Date Published: 2016-09-06
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The tasty corn soup provides comfort in winter season taking a note the health factor as well. One glaze over the bowl shining soup and you can’t resist to gulp it down. Your dull spirits would instantly be shaken up with the warm sip of soup. It has the Indian touch of flavors with a consistency of the taste and texture. The sweetness in the soup is due to use of sour cream and milk whereas the thickness is because of cornstarch. Water makes it little bit transparent and spice powders adds the Indian zest. Spring onions add the crunch and fresh green veggies increase the health quotient.
The ingredients used are common and the corns are available in abundance during the monsoon. You may also tweak with its taste and texture. The original texture has a creamy shine with smooth and steady top layer. The fantastic corn soup has fabulous flavors. Though you can add the variations, it is advisable to use minimal spice powders for retaining the taste of corns. The aroma is alluring to which can make anyone tempt for it.
Serve the soup to your family and it would become their favorite comforting food in cozy season. Indeed you be overwhelmed to see them relish the soup. It’s wonderful soup when you are looking for a nice healthy option on a light day. Make, Eat and Rejoice the Health!
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Remarks:
- The sweet corn soup recipe requires about 30 minutes to cook.
- For the low-fat soup, it is advisable to use fat-free sour cream.
- You may also directly add the corns but that will make the transparent soup and not the creamy. In this case, you may prefer to use veg stock or the water in which the Corn kernels were soaked.
- Also, it is possible to use maize flour in place of corn flour.
- To increase the health quotient, you can add spinach.
Garnishing:
Ladle the soup over a shallow soup bowl. Serve corn soup with crunchy croutons. Garnish sweet corn soup with:
- Whipped Cream
- Fresh Corns
- Spring Onions
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