Winter recipe: Sweet corn soup

Ingredients

1 medium sized corn cob

½ tsp freshly ground or crushed black pepper

1 tsp chopped celery, skip if you don't have celery

1 tbsp chopped spring onions/scallions or shallots

1 tbsp oil (olive or sunflower) or butter

2 cups water or 1 cup warm milk + 1 cup water or 2 cups veg stock

½ tbsp corn starch/corn flour dissolved in 2 tbsp water

salt as required

How to prepare

Boil the corn cobs. scrape the corn kernels from the cob. reserve some of the corn kernels aside, about 2 tbsp.
Blend the remaining corn kernels with some water to a smooth paste.
Heat oil or butter in a pan. saute the spring onions if using them till they become transparent.
Add the chopped celery and saute for a minute. add the corn paste and stir. add water or milk+water or veg stock. stir and allow the soup to come to a boil.
Now add the black pepper & salt & the remaining corn kernels. stir & simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Add the corn flour paste. stir and simmer for 2-3 minutes more till the soup thickens and the corn flour gets cooked.
Check the seasoning and serve hot sweet corn soup.
Garnish sweet corn soup with some chopped celery or spring onions greens.
The sweet corn soup goes very well with some garlic or toasted bread.