Charcoal maize with lime and chilli

Snack · 15 min · serves 4

Charcoal maize with lime and chilli

From the kitchen of Every roadside in Kisumu

The roadside classic. Blistered kernels, a cut lime dipped in chilli salt, rubbed over the cob.

Method

  1. 01

    Strip the husks and roast the cobs directly over hot charcoal.

  2. 02

    Turn constantly for ten minutes until the kernels blister and darken in patches.

  3. 03

    Mix crushed chilli into coarse salt on a saucer.

  4. 04

    Dip a cut lime in the salt and rub it hard over the hot cob.

Watch it made

Ten minutes over charcoal

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