Sweet Cornbread
Sweet Northern Style Cornbread goes so well with Indian inspired Golden Beet Raita as a snack both sweet and savory at the same time.
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 321kcal
Ingredients
Cornbread Ingredients:
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
Golden Beet Raita Ingredients:
- 8 oz. golden beets peeled
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 cup yogurt
- 8 curry leaves
- 2 green chillies split
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- a small handful cilantro
- salt to taste, about 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In a bowl, combine cornmeal, flours, baking powder, and sugar.
- In a large bowl, combine all wet ingredients. Mix together. Add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Grease a cast iron skillet. Pour batter into skillet and bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.
- Now let's make the Raita.
- Boil beets until tender.
- While beets are cooking, we make the tadka for the raita.
- Heat oil in a skillet.
- Add urad dal, cumin seeds, fennel seed and chiles. Fry for about 2 minutes, until fragrant. Add curry leaves and fry for another minute. Let cool for a few minutes.
- In a food processor, combine cooked beets, tadka and yogurt.
- Process until smooth.
- Serve the cornbread with the raita.
Notes
You can also make this Sweet Cornbread with 100% whole wheat pastry flour for a more fiber rich version.
Nutrition
Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 470mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 161IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 167mg | Iron: 2mg
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