Corn relish is a dish that can be used for garnish or as a side dish to your favorite grilled meaty bites or potatoes. It is super easy and can be simply cooked on the stove. This old-fashioned dish is sure to bring back memories from grandma’s house.
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Ingredients
corn ears (husked and cleaned): 8
tomatoes (peeled, seeded and chopped): 2 pounds
green bell peppers--chopped: 1 1/2 cups
chopped red bell pepper: 3/4 cups
cucumber chooped: 1/2
chopped onion: 1 cup
white sugar: 1 cup
apple cider vinegar: 2 cup
tbsp of salt: 1
celery seed: 1 tsp
mustard seed: 1 tsp
How To Make Corn Relish
- Take the corn cobs and cut the corn from the cobs. Scrape the corn with the help of a large spoon or with the back of a knife to remove the remaining juices in the cob.
- Take a large sized saucepan and add these corn kernels and its juice. Then add chopped red bell peppers, green bell peppers, tomatoes, onion, and cucumbers an mix them with the kernels.
- In a medium-sized bowl pour the apple cider vinegar and add sugar. Stir until the sugar is semi-dissolved. Now add mustard seed and celery seed along with some salt for seasoning.
- Pour this liquid mixture on the mixed vegetables in the saucepan and place the pan on heat. Bring this mixture to a boil and after the first boil let it simmer on low heat for an hour.
- Turn off the heat and let the pan cool until it reaches room temperature. Transfer the prepared relish to sterile jars and store them in the refrigerator.
Trivia
- Corn relish is a traditional Southern United States recipe
- In Mexico, there are over 60 varieties of corn
- There are approximately 1,300 kernels on a pound of corn
- Corn is cultivated and grown on every continent of this earth except for Antarctica
- Parts of a corn plant include ear (or cob), kernels, husk, roots, silk, stalk, and tassel