• If using dry husks, soak in cold water for 5 minutes; set aside
• If using banana leaves, thaw and cut into similar rectangle sizes
• Remove kernels from cobs; puree in food processor
• Combine oil and butter in bowl; using mixer, cream sugar, milk, salt into fat
• Add pureed corn, flour and baking powder to mixture in bowl; stir to combine (may take 10 minutes of beating)
• Take a teaspoon of paste and drop into glass of water: if it floats, it is ready

Filling husks:

• Pat husks dry; overlap 2 husks to fit mixture between them
• Spread 2 big tablespoons of mixture down centre of husks, forming a rectangle
• Place one cheese strip, or more, depending upon taste, in centre of filling; add two (more or less) chile strips to cheese, also depending upon taste
• Cover chile and cheese completely with filling by folding the husk over onto filling; tie with corn husk strip or string
• Repeat with remaining husks
• Place in steamer rack over boiling water; cover and steam 50 minutes, or until firm
• Serve immediately

Filling Banana Leaves:

• Pat leaves dry and cut into rectangles to determine large or small portion sizes; they may have linear tears in them that will be fine, when folded
• Spread 2 big tablespoons of mixture down centre of leaf, forming a rectangle
• Place shredded meat or vegetable filling in lower half of corn mixture; with paddle spatula, fold upper portion of the corn mixture over the filling, to cover completely
• Follow by folding banana leaf over corn mixture 1/3 of the way to ensure filling is completely enclosed in corn mixture; fold the bottom 1/3 up over the top
• Fold the ends of the banana leaf over the filling, one at a time, to form a package
• Repeat with remaining leaves
• Place in steamer rack over boiling water; cover and steam 50 minutes, or until firm
• Serve immediately

Instructions for the Thermomix:

• Remove kernels from cob or measure frozen corn into the TM bowl; puree for 30 seconds, speed 0-10 and then repeat, until desired consistency is reached (should be very fine)
• Scale oil, butter, sugar, milk, and salt into TM bowl on top of the corn; mix to combine at speed 0-4 for 10 seconds
• Scale flour and baking powder TM bowl; mix to combine at speed 0-4 for 20 to 30 seconds, then puree batter from 0-10 for 30 seconds 2 to three times, scrapping down the bowl and using the spatula to keep the batter near the blades while mixing
• Puree the mixture another couple of times for 10 seconds from speed 0-10
• Take a teaspoon of paste and drop into glass of water: if it floats, it is ready (wait 5 seconds to give it time to float)
• If not, continue to scrape down the bowl, and combine the batter