Corn Hurda in Papad Bowl

India's favorite street corn served hurda style with red chutney in an edible papad bowl!

Droolicious snack made with end of summer fresh grilled corn and served in an edible papad bowl!

India's favorite street corn served hurda style with red chutney in an edible papad bowl!
Corn Hurda in Papad Bowl!

Greedy foodie that I am, I recently tried a combination of two mouthwatering foods I liked in India…..and while I was at it, I also put it in an edible papad bowl 🙂 Fire roasted corn has always been my favorite. Fresh picked ears of corn grilled over coal then coated with a mix of lemon juice, salt and red chili powder is a popular street food. Invariably, I found the aroma of the grilled corn wafting through the air irresistible!

Hurda on the other hand is more of a countryside food event that kind of reminds me of a clambake. I had been to a Hurda party only once when I was a child. But the experience and taste has stayed with me to this day. Hurda is made from very tender jowar/ sorghum/ white millet stalks roasted in a pit in the ground. The stalks are then thrashed to shake the roasted grain off the stalks. It is served with a spicy chutney made of peanut and red chilies.

So when I recently found some fresh and very tender corn, my thoughts turned to combining the two for a lip-smacking good delight!

I grilled the ears of corn on the barbecue and removed the kernels as I did for the Raw Corn Koshimbir. To that I added sea salt, lemon juice and some finely diced onion and cilantro. I served it with a spicy red chutney made of peanuts, garlic, red chilies, salt and tamarind.

The papad bowls are my favorite edible containers. I made them just as I did for the Chickpea Salad in a Papad Bowl. I used a big size papad but you may also serve it in smaller individual sized papad bowls using smaller sized papad.

Corn Hurda in Papad Bowl

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients-

For the papad bowls-

4 regular sized or 2 big papad

For the spicy red chutney-

  • ½ cup roasted peanuts
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder (or to taste)
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • ½ teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 ½ inch piece of dry tamarind
  • Salt to taste

For the hurda-

  • 4 ears of tender corn, grilled on the barbeque
  • Salt to taste
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • ½ small onion, diced
  • Handful of cilantro leaves, chopped

To make the Corn Hurda in Papad Bowls-

  1. Make the papad bowls following step by step directions and photos shown here. Set aside.
  2. For the spicy red chutney, simply grind all ingredients for the chutney together in a dry grinder or food processor.
  3. When the grilled corn is cool enough to handle, scrape the kernels off with a knife as shown here
  4. To the tender kernels, add the salt, lime juice, onion and cilantro.
  5. To assemble the bowls- To the papad bowl, add the corn hurda, top with the red chutney and serve!

Hope you enjoy the corn hurda this weekend! I am taking my Papad Bowl of Corn Hurda to Fiesta Friday .I am excited and honored to be co-hosting Fiesta Friday again and look forward to seeing you and visiting your blog and chatting with you.  Do make sure to link your post to Angie@Fiesta Friday , Antonia @Zoale.com and me@Indfused 🙂

Hope to see you all at the fiesta!

Love,

Sandhya

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    2. Archana,
      Hurda is so special, isn’t it ? I have had authentic farm hurda experience only once when I was little but the taste has stayed with me

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  8. Your recipes are always so colorful and healthy too! I had to look up a couple of words (even though I kind of guessed what they were). A very simple, but full of flavor, recipe using one of my favorite summer veggies. Thanks for co-hosting… 🙂

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    1. Thanks so much Judi! I try to cook healthy most of the time but love to indulge every now and then too 🙂
      You are a pro at co-hosting FF. I am learning the ropes and having fun with Antonia as my co-host thsi week.

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    1. Petra, papads are sundried lentil wafers. They are generally deep fried, but I ‘roast’ them in the microwave.They are available in Indian grocery stores as well as some bigger grocery chain stores.
      Thanks so much for your sweet words.

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  19. Wait, papad bowl?! Stop it already! That is so beyond clever! I love it, Sandhya! And I didn’t know you could cook papad in a microwave! As far as the hurda, I haven’t even heard of it before. I would have loved to go to a hurda party. Sounds so much fun! Thanks for cohosting! XOXO

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    1. Thanks so much Angie! I love those fried papads served in restaurants but I love them so much, I cannot stop eating them. So ‘roasting’ them in the microwave saves me calories….quickly used for savoring the entrees and desserts 😉
      But seriously, I like the taste of the microwaved papad…don’t miss the fried ones.

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    1. Thanks so much! Yes I have papad flowers and a chick pea salad in a papad bowl on my blog too. Crazy for papad could have been my blog name:)

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    1. Thanks so much Suchitra! Hurda party on a farm was a rare opportunity when I was growing up but a blogger friend said that now it is offered at some of the farms/parks that offer ‘heritage foods and crafts’

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    2. Thanks Suchitra ! I hear that hurda parties are now trendy at heritage themed parks. When I was growing up they were a rare occurrence but very authentic.

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  24. Wow, I love your papad bowls. I don’t think I’ve seen them before, I checked your earlier post with your step by step illustrations. How clever!! My husband just loves papads, we too microwave them. I’m sure he’ll be one happy camper if I made these nutritious and healthy bowls. Well done!

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  25. Reblogged this on Indian and Indian Fusion Cooking in America and commented:

    Dear friends,
    With fresh, tender corn flooding the markets now, I am making my ‘Fiesta Friday winner’ recipe- Corn Hurda in a Papad Bowl. The toasty, sweet hurda, the grainy peanut chutney and the crunchy papad bowl make for a great start to the weekend party!
    Love,
    Sandhya

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