Delicious Peruvian salad of corn, cheese & tomatoes. Easy to prepare and a perfect side dish for meats.
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Peruvian
Keyword corn, healthy
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 313kcal
Ingredients
2cupswhite corn kernels250 g
1cupfresh cheese(queso fresco) 250 g
2tomatoes250 g
1red onion100 g
3padrón peppers
1carrot100 g.
1bunchfresh coriander
⅛cupwhite vinegar
⅛cupcorn oilyou can also use olive oil, canola oil or sunflower oil
Salt and pepper to taste
4-6black olives
1lime
1teaspoonanise seeds
2tablespoonssugar
Instructions
Turn the stove on to medium high heat. Add a couple of liters of water, two tablespoons of sugar and the anise seeds. When the mixture begins to boil, add the kernels of white corn. Cook half covered for ten to fifteen minutes until tender. If your corn kernels are not fresh, you will need to wait at least ten more minutes. Taste them until they feel smooth. Then turn off the stove and remove the pot. Drain excess water or strain through a strainer. Put the corn into a mixing bowl.
Peel the carrot, and cut it into small squares of approximately 5 millimeters. Some people cook their carrots before adding them to a salad recipe, either boiling them or microwave-cooking them. We will use raw carrots. Put the uncooked chopped carrots in a large mixing bowl.
Next, cut the fresh cheese into squares of the same size as the carrots, and add them to the bowl.
Peel the onion and dice. Similarly, cut the padrón peppers in half, remove the veins and seeds, and then chop them finely. Dice the tomatoes (remove the seeds if you wish). Cut the olives into pieces, and extract the seeds. Put all the freshly cut ingredients in the bowl.
Make the dressing by cutting the cilantro into small pieces, including the fine stems. Set aside. Mix in a small bowl: the oil, vinegar, lime juice, salt and pepper. Stir well.
With all ingredients ready, pour dressing into vegetable bowl and stir well. When serving, add the chopped cilantro. Enjoy accompanied by white or red meats.
Notes
If you wish you can add more black olives and extra virgin olive oil at the end