FIRE ROASTED CORN COBS

A healthy snack for kids on a rainy day is kalchina mokkajonna kande (fire roasted corn cob). Now a days you find packaged corn kernels  in every departmental store, but eating the corn directly from the cob is a beauty. When I was a kid they used to sell corn cob roasted on the charcoal furnace on the road side and the taste of it........ awesome. Our kids are lacking all that fun. Here I give how to roast the corn cobs in you home.

Choose corn cobs which are fresh(letha mokkajonna kandelu in telugu). To check if they are fresh, pierce one or two kernels. Milk like substance should come out immediately. All the kernels should be shiny.

Stripe off the husk and fibers from the cob.
Roast the corn cob on open fire or charcoal furnace evenly on all the sides.
All the sides will turn reddish brown if you use a charcoal furnace, or else you can roast on the gas flame and they will look like my corn cobs.
If the corn kernels are really fresh you can enjoy it as is.
You can also smear some butter, salt, red chilly powder and squeeze some lemon juice on the cob.