Posted by Chyrel 4/28/02 8:40:22 pm

1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons olive or canola oil
Fresh corn, cut from 4 ears
    or 1 package plain frozen corn
1/2 teaspoon whole cumin seed
1/4 cup water salt to taste
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups grated Monterey jack cheese
2 (4 ounce) cans chopped green chiles
12 corn tortillas
2 1/2 cups ancho chile sauce or
    2 (10 ounce) cans enchilada sauce

Saut?onion in oil until soft. Add corn, green chilies, cumin seed and water. Cover and simmer until all the liquid is gone, (about 5 minutes). Taste and add salt as needed.

Keep heat on low and stir in sour cream and half of the Monterey jack cheese. Set aside.

Soften the tortillas.

Make the enchiladas in one baking dish. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the sauce in the bottom of a greased backing dish. Spoon about 1/4 cup corn mixture in each tortilla and roll up. Place rolled tortilla on sauce in baking dish, open side down. Continue until all tortillas are rolled and placed in baking dish. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over rolled tortillas and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake in 375 degree oven, covered with aluminum foil for 15 minutes, remove covering and bake 15 minutes more. This dish can be prepared ahead and heated when ready to serve.

Make the enchiladas in the Microwave. Make in individual servings, using microwave.

Place two tablespoons sauce on serving dish. Fill and roll two tortillas as described above and place open side down in the sauce on the serving plate. Spoon more sauce over the top of each enchilada. Sprinkle one tablespoon of cheese on each enchilada. Cook in microwave oven for about 3 1/2 minutes.

Serves 4 to 6