Mahindi choma

🌽 Grilled fresh maize cobs, regularly turned for tender toasted kernels.

Ingredients

• 4 fresh food-grade maize cobs, about 600 g edible kernels in total
• 1 g salt, optional
• Water for rinsing

Preparation

Remove husks and silk, rinse and drain. Use fresh still-tender maize intended for eating, never dried flour maize or decorative cobs.

Prepare stable barbecue embers or a grill pan over medium heat. Avoid direct flames. Grill about 20 minutes, turning every 2–3 minutes for lightly toasted patches without blackening all kernels.

Check actual tenderness and extend gently if needed. Very mature hard maize requires a different preparation and does not follow these short timings.

Remove with tongs, cool 5 minutes and optionally salt lightly. Serve 1 cob per person

nutrition refers to edible kernels, not the hard core. Butter and sauces are excluded.