Corn Salsa recipe is a vibrant, tasty, tangy and spicy salsa made from scratch with fresh corn, green onions (spring onions/scallions), green chillies, ground spices and fresh herbs. Enjoy homemade Corn Salsa as a healthy snack or fun addition to your favorite Mexican or Tex-Mex dishes.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 5 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Appetizers, Side Dish, Snacks
  • Cuisine: Mexican, World

Ingredients

  • 1 cup corn kernels (- steamed or 1 medium to large corn cob, boiled or steamed (sweet corn))
  • ¼ cup green onions (- finely chopped, spring onions (scallions))
  • 1 teaspoon green chilies (- chopped or jalapeño pepper or serrano pepper - chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped (cilantro))
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin powder ((ground cumin))
  • ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper or paprika)
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder ((ground black pepper) or add as required)
  • salt (as required)
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice (or add according to taste)

Method

Cooking Corn

  1. Stove top pressure cooking: In a 3-litre pressure cooker place 1 medium-to-large corn cob. Add just enough water to almost cover the corn cob. Pressure cook on medium-heat for 8 to 10 minutes. When the pressure falls on its own in the cooker, remove the lid and let the corn cob cool at room temperature.
  2. Instant pot cooking: Take 1 cup water in the steel insert of a 6 quart IP. Keep a trivet in the steel insert and place the corn cob on the trivet. Pressure cook on high for 3 to 5 minutes. Then do a quick release.
  3. When the corn cob cools, then carefully with a knife slice off the corn kernels. You will need 1 cup of steamed corn kernels.

Making corn salsa

  1. Now in a bowl take the corn kernels. Also add finely chopped green onions, green chiliies or jalapeno peppers and 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves.
  2. Next add cumin powder, red chili powder or cayenne pepper, black pepper powder and salt as required.
  3. Add lemon juice according to taste.
  4. Mix very well and serve corn salsa.

Serving suggestions

  1. Serve corn salsa as a chunky dip with tortilla chips or crackers, or even fresh veggies that are thick enough for scooping – like slices of bell pepper.
  2. You can even serve freshly made salsa with some of your favorite dishes like nachos, quesadillas, tacos, or refried beans.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.