Milho Cozido

Name: Milho Cozido
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Cap-Vert
Ingredients: 800 g — fresh maize on cobs, estimated edible kernel weight; 2000 ml — drinking water; 2 g — fine salt

Milho Cozido — Prepared with fresh maize on cobs, estimated edible kernel weight, drinking water, fine salt.

Ingredients

800 g — fresh maize on cobs, estimated edible kernel weight
2000 ml — drinking water
2 g — fine salt

Preparation

Husk and rinse fresh maize cobs.

Cover with the listed water, bring to a boil and simmer 15–20 minutes until the kernels are tender.

Cool one kernel before tasting.

Drain, lightly salt and serve hot.

The edible weight excludes the hard cobs.