Chicha!

Ok...

I've been having sweet thooth these days...

A friend of mine works at a company that makes most of the traditional ingredients in venezuela... Such as Harina Pan, that is corn flour, we use it to make arepas, empanadas among other things... Some day I'll write about those, but today, Im going to talk (or write, what-ever) about Chicha...

The Chicha (or La Chicha) is a drink made of rice and milk... Its sweet and we learn to drink it from very young age, and you can find it in most places you go, 'cause almost everywhere you can see Chicheros (people that sells chicha in a tiny wooden cars). It's a traditional drink in here, so, as you may guess, not so many people knows how to make it (lol, I know, not everyone is in touch with their traditions) but gladly, my family still knows how to make it (yeeeeei)... So... here's the recipe (and it makes a lot of chicha):

1 cup of rice

9 cups of water

1 cup whole milk

1 cup sweetened milk

1 cup evaporated milk

1/2 tea spoon of almond essence

1/2 tea spoon of vanilla

5 spoons of sugar

Pinch of salt

1 cinnamon stick

Preparation:

Wash the rice and leave it rest from one day to another in 2 cups of water. On the next day, take the water out and cook it with the cinnamon stick in 7 water cups, for about 35 minutes. Turn the heat down and let it rest. When it gets cold, on a blender, mix it with the sugar, the milks, salt and vanilla and almond essence. Serve it with chopped ice, and cinnamon powder.

So, here's what i think about this drink... I love it... It has tons of calories, but is so delicious!

I recommend it to you, its one of the most traditional drinks in my country, and you sure wont regret it...