Make Chicha Morada

Chicha morada is a Peruvian drink that is derived from purple corn. This beverage's flavor is unlike any other drink. It has a sweet and refreshing taste and looks like grape juice.

Ingredients

  • 1 and 2/3 lbs of dried purple corn
  • 1 medium to large pineapple
  • 1 and 2/3 lbs of apples
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 lemons or 4 limes
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 8 cups of water

Steps

  1. Wash and peel the apples and pineapples. Save the peels and peeled fruit. Wash the lemons and purple corn, too.
  2. Take the cinnamon, whole cloves, apple and pineapple peels, and all the purple corn. Put them in a 3 quart pot filled with 4 cups of water
  3. Boil the purple corn mixture for 45 minutes.
  4. Stir occasionally.
  5. Strain the juice into a separate 3 quart pot. Refill the first 3 quart pot with another 4 cups of water.
  6. Reuse the solid purple corn mixture from the first batch. Add 4 cups of water. Boil again.
  7. Let the mixture sit for a half hour or until cooled.
  8. Take both mixtures and pour them into the container.
    • Put the container with all of the strained liquid into the refrigerator.
  9. Take the cooled drink out of the refrigerator.
  10. Add 1 cup of sugar. Add more until it is suitable to your taste.
  11. Cut the four lemons. A Squeeze the juice out of the lemons into drink, to taste.
  12. Serve the beverage in a glass. If desired, add a piece of pineapple that has been cut up.

Tips

  • Boiling the corn is crucial because it extracts the juice from the corn into the water.

Warnings

  • When this drink is made there will plenty of it, roughly a gallon or more.

Things You'll Need

  • 2-3 quart pots
  • A container that can hold approximately a gallon and a 1/2 of liquid
  • A strainer

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