Health, sweet corn gets a following

The sweet corn has become popular with the rising awareness levels among the people of even small towns about the nutritious food.

Below middle class parents are taking home the sweet corn, which were popular  as maize locally to fee feed them for their children in place of the costly processed corn flakes which is a staple breakfast in most of the middle class houses.   

A road side vendor Sheik Saleem was sells more than 200 sweet corn near district court every day. There were many such roadside vendors including, at Rythu Bazar selling sweet corn in the Adilabad town.

Mr Saleem say that people are showing interest in eating sweet corn unlike in the past due to its sweetness besides consisting of nutritional value and added that he is selling more than 200 sweet corns every day each for Rs 10.

Saleen said he purchases sweet corn Kandies in bulk from Battisavergoan village in Adilabad mandal and sell them in Kachha or roasted one.

There was a good demand for sweet corn due to less production and few farmers cultivate sweet corn that too only in one or two acres unlike general maize in their agriculture fields.

Makka Gyarelu is prepared with the paste of ground corn and is popular snack in Telangana during festivals. 

Venkatesh of Adilabad said ‘Makka Kankulu (maize Kandies) and upma with maize flour helps in passing of bowels and are also nutritious’.