Corn Curry, Makai Ki Subzi Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is Makai made of? ›

Traditionally, Desi Makai no Dano is made exclusively from grated desi white corn roasted in ample ghee, reduced in milk, and elevated with heat and flavors from green chilies, black pepper powder and garam masala.

Yes, Indian Corn can be popped on the stove top just like regular popcorn. This makes a delicious (and easy!) snack for movie night.

Palak corn curry is a rich, saucy dish that's made with fresh spinach and sweet corn. It is lightly spiced and perfectly creamy, and great to pair with classic Indian sides.

toward or by the sea; seaward.

It is hybridised form of maize and is also known as sugar corn. Scientifically, it is called Zeamays (L.) var. saccharata.

Flint corn (Z. mays var. indurata), also known as Indian corn, is used for similar purposes as dent corn. Flint corn is distinguished by a hard outer shell and kernels with a range of colors from white to red.

Indian corn is related to popcorn. These kinds of maize differ from other kinds in that they have a harder outer coating and a starchy interior with a bit of water inside the seed, or kernel.

“[Indigenous corn varieties] act as pest repellents when inter-cropped with other crops hence ensuring low use of pesticides. Unlike sweet corn, they are harvested after attaining maturity, hence the sugar has been converted into complex starch which does not spike up the blood sugar levels in the human body.”

You can eat Indian corn -- but keep in mind that it isn't naturally sweet like most other corn varieties. Instead, it's quite starchy and is typically used to make flour, cornmeal or popped as popcorn.

An Heirloom sweet corn growing to 2m tall and producing two small cobs per plant. Cobs have pale yellow kernels with excellent flavour. Eat when young and still pale yellow.

What is palak vs Saag? ›

Saag is the Hindi word for green leaves, and you can make this dish with mustard greens (the most common choice, especially in the Indian state of Punjab where mustard is grown) or spinach (the Hindi word for spinach is palak), but you can use any type of green leaves.

What you'll hear here is mauka (toward the mountains or inland) and makai (toward the ocean).

Maize Flour, Makai ka atta, Makki ka Atta? Maize flour is derived from the ground and desiccated seed of the maize plant. It is the second most produced and consumed flour after wheat flour, competing with rice flour.

Maize flour is used to make bread, muffins, doughnuts, pancake mixes, infant foods, biscuits, wafers, breakfast cereals and breadings, and as a filler, binder and carrier in meat products.

After referring to a Hawaiian dictionary we found the two following definitions: One, “makai” means “toward the sea” from the Hawaiian elements “ma” (in, on, at) and “kai” (sea). Secondly, the word “maika'i” (slightly different spelling) means “handsome, good-looking, good-health”.