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Fresh Corn Ears - Two 
Tofu - one pack or 200/250 gm. 
Palak or spinach - 100/150 gm. 
Suffola/Olive Oil or any low-fat oil - quarter teaspoon 
Mustard - half a teaspoon 
Ginger/Garlic (recommended) - 1 teaspoon paste form 
Coriander (Dhaniya) powder- half a teaspoon 
Chilli powder - half a teaspoon, or green chillies (one) 
Tomatoes - one, large-sized, or two small sized 
Onions - one, small sized 
Asafoetida - a pinch 
Turmeric powder - quarter teaspoon 
Salt - quarter teaspoon 

Method:

* Extract the fresh corn from the ears - remove the silk and use the knife to literally slice the corn off the ear (it is easier than trying to extract it by your fingers) 
* Slice the tofu into small pieces 
* Chop the onions and tomatoes 
* Prepare the ginger/garlic paste or use readymade paste 
* Chop the palak or spinach and cook it for 5-7 minutes 
* Run the cooked palak/spinach in a blender/mixer or grind it to create fine paste 
* Pour (if quarter teaspoon can be poured!) the oil into a pan and heat it 
* Add mustard and split it 
* Add asafoetida 
* Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and dhaniya powder 
* Add ginger/garlic paste 
* Add onion and tomatoes 
* Stir the mix together for about half a minute 
* Add the extracted corn and stir for two minutes 
* Add salt and stir 
* Add sliced tofu and stir very carefully for half a minute 
* Close the pan with a lid and let it fry for two minutes 
* Remove the lid and stir carefully again for about ten seconds 

Helpful tips and information:

This is a healthy and nutritious recipe. Fresh Corn and Tofu provide you with plenty of proteins and vitamins. Eating fresh corn also prevents the loss of vitamins that occurs in processed corn (as in Corn Flakes). 
Tofu is a terrific substitute for Paneer; it is now available in many departmental stores in India, like Nilgiris or Food World in the south; Tofu does not contain any cholesterol unlike Paneer which is high in both fat and cholesterol content. 
Do not add more salt; it is bad for the blood pressure; ginger/garlic provide enough sodium as it is.

(Copyright Sameer Khanwalker) 

E-mail: Khanwalker@aol.com 

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Published on 31^st May 2002