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Chicha

Venezuela

Sold from pushcarts with a large chilled drum. The vendor ladles it over ice into plastic cups.

Venezuelan rice drink — cooked rice blended with milk, sugar and cinnamon into a thick, sweet, cold drink. Sold from chilled carts throughout Venezuelan cities.

Authentic Venezuela Chicha recipe
Prep
15 mins
Cook
20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
150 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

200gshort-grain rice
1Lwhole milk
100gsugar
1 tspcinnamon
1 tspvanilla
iceto serve
cinnamonto dust

Method

1

Cook rice in water until very soft. Drain and cool.

2

Blend cooked rice with milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla until smooth.

3

Strain. Serve very cold over ice, dusted with cinnamon.

Chef's Tip

Blend thoroughly and strain well — any remaining rice grains make the texture unpleasant.

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