How long does it take to cook corn?
Place corn in cold water in a pot. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20-25 minutes. Cooking time varies by corn type: sweet corn (typically yellow) requires 10 minutes after boiling; glutinous corn needs longer.
Method/Steps
1. Purchase corn. Select large ears with plump kernels. When husking, leave the innermost layer of husk intact. This makes the corn easier to handle after cooking and enhances its flavor.
2. There's no need to remove the corn silk before cooking. As it's considered a medicinal ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, leave it on and cook it along with the corn.
3. Prepare a basin of water and add a small amount of white sugar. Remember, just a little is sufficient, as corn naturally releases its own sweetness during cooking.At this point, seal the pot tightly. If the lid doesn't fit snugly, place a heavy object on top to prevent steam from escaping.Young millet seed. English name: corn. Latin name: Zea mays L. A tall annual grass of the Poaceae family, genus Zea. Stems erect, typically unbranched, with aerial prop roots at basal nodes.Leaves flat and broad, linear-lanceolate, base rounded and auriculate, glabrous or with sparse soft hairs, midrib robust, margin slightly rough, 1–1.5 meters long. Caryopsis spherical or subglobose, protruding beyond glumes and lemmas at maturity; size varies with growing conditions. Cultivated throughout China.Widely cultivated in tropical and temperate regions worldwide as a major cereal crop. Sweet-tasting, it can be prepared in various dishes such as cornbread.Leaves are broadly flat, linear-lanceolate, with rounded auriculate bases, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, bearing a prominent midrib and slightly rough margins, 1–1.5 m long.
Large terminal male panicles; main axis, raceme axis, and axils densely pubescent;Male spikelets are paired, up to 1 cm long, with unequal pedicels measuring 1–2 mm and 2–4 mm respectively, both densely pubescent; both glumes nearly equal in length, membranous, with about 10 veins, ciliate; lemma and palea translucent membranous, slightly shorter than glumes; anthers orange-yellow, ca. 5 mm long.
Female inflorescence enclosed by numerous broad, sheath-like bracts; female spikelets paired, arranged in 16–30 longitudinal rows on a stout rachis; both glumes equal in length, broad, veinless, ciliate; lemma and palea transparent membranous; pistil with an extremely long, slender, linear style.Caryopsis globose or subglobose, protruding beyond glumes and lemmas at maturity; size variable with growing conditions, generally 5-10 mm long, width slightly exceeding length; embryo 1/2-2/3 as long as caryopsis. Chromosomes 2n=20, 40, 80 (Sarmaet Sharma, 1986; Molina, 1986). Flowering and fruiting in autumn.