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Peruvian Chicha Morada Drink
Delicious purple corn superfood beverage from Peru
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 pounds dried purple corn
- 1 ripe pineapple
- 3 medium quinces
- 2 apples (sour)
- 2 large peaches
- 8 whole cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 gallon of water ((16 cups of water))
- 5 juice of limes
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
- 1
Wash the dried purple corn. Peel the pineapple, set aside the peel and heart. Peel and chop the apples and quinces.
- 2
Place the pineapple peel and heart, dried purple corn, apples, quinces, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves into a large pot and add the water.
- 3
Boil for 90 minutes until the water obtains a dark purple color. Strain to remove the solid ingredients. Add sugar to taste and set aside to cool.
- 4
Add the lime juice when it’s completely cooled.
- 5
Add tiny peach cubes before serving.