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Over low heat, hot the corn oil in a large heavy pot (preferably one which can be carried to the table).
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Add in the onions and stir to coat them with oil.
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Cover and cook them slowly for 20 min.
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Uncover the pot and raise the heat to moderate.
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Stir in the garlic and chiles and saute/fry for 2 min.
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Then add in the tomato and continue to cook, stirring for 1 more minute.
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Add in the stock, lime juice and zest, and salt and pepper.
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Bring the soup to a boil.
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Lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 min.
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Meanwhile, prepare the Blue Corn Dumplings.
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Sift the corn flour, baking pwdr, and salt into a medium-sized bowl.
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Using your fingers, two knives, or possibly a pastry cutter, cut in the vegetable shortening till the mix resembles fine crumbs.
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In a small bowl, beat together the egg and lowfat milk.
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Add in the cilantro.
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Gradually stir the egg mix into the corn flour mix, adding only sufficient of the egg to moisten the flour thoroughly.
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The dough shouldn't be too wet.
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Depending on the size of the egg, you may not need to use it all.
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When the soup has cooked for 30 min, drop the dough into the simmering broth a Tbsp.
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at a time to make a dozen dumplings.
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Cover the pot with a tight-fitting lid, and steam the dumplings for 15 min.
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Keep the soup at a low bubble, and don't lift the lid while the dumplings are cooking.
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Bring the cooking pot to the table and serve the soup warm in Mexican-style bowls, with two dumplings floating in each.
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This recipe serves 6.
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Lean corn tip: In the dumplings, substitute low-fat lowfat milk for the whole lowfat milk.
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Substitute two egg whites for the whole egg.
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Comments: Montezuma, fabled emperor of the Aztecs, might have dined on this zesty soup.
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It would have been accompanied by corn tortillas covered with a finely woven cotton napkin, and a rich warm chocolate beverage.
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But why not dress down the presentation to make it perfect for a raucous Super Bowl Sunday Position your table within yelling distance of the television, and set it with festive placemats and brightly colored napkins.
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Have an ice cooler nearby filled with bottles of mellow Mexican beer.