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Cooked sweet corn with tomato, capsicum, cucumber, olives, iceberg lettuce and mint, tossed in a lemon and olive oil dressing and garnished with coriander.

Gastronomy

Sweet Corn Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sweet corn kernels (or 2 ears of sweet corn)
  • 2 tomatoes, medium-sized, halved, deseeded, finely chopped
  • 1 green capsicum, medium-sized, halved, deseeded, finely chopped
  • 1 cucumber, medium-sized, peeled, finely chopped
  • 7-8 black olives, finely chopped
  • 50 g iceberg lettuce, shredded into small pieces
  • ¼ cup mint leaves, fresh, shredded into small pieces
  • ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2-3 sprigs coriander leaves, fresh, finely chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper powder to taste

Method

  1. Cook the corn until tender. For ears of corn, boil or grill for 6-9 minutes, then cut off the kernels; for loose fresh kernels, boil in 2 cups water for 3-4 minutes, drain, and cool.
  2. Put the corn, tomatoes, capsicum, cucumber, olives, lettuce and mint leaves in a bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the juice of the lemon with olive oil, salt and pepper powder.
  4. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well. Serve garnished with coriander leaves.

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