🇵🇪 How to Make Chicha Morada

Craving Chicha Morada? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Chicha Morada at home, in about 50 min + chilling, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 500g dried purple corn (maíz morado)
• 2L water
• 1 pineapple skin (well washed)
• 1 apple, chopped
• 1 cinnamon stick, 4 cloves
• 150g sugar
• juice of 2 limes

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Boil the purple corn, pineapple skin, apple, cinnamon and cloves in the water for 40 min.
2. The colour comes out almost black. That is right — it lightens once diluted and chilled.
3. Strain, pressing everything to extract all the liquid, then discard the solids.
4. Stir in the sugar while still hot so it dissolves properly.
5. Cool completely, then add the lime juice. Adding lime while hot dulls it.
6. Serve very cold over ice, with finely diced apple in the glass if you want the full Lima version.