Drinks
Somo (Corn Drink)
Thick refreshing drink of cooked hominy with cinnamon and clove.
VegetarianVeganGluten-free
Ingredients
- 250 g hulled corn (willkaparu)
- 2000 ml water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 cloves
- 150 g sugar or chancaca (raw cane sugar)
- 1 orange peel
Step-by-step
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- Soak the hulled corn several hours or overnight.
- Put the corn with the water, cinnamon, cloves and orange peel: 45 min/100°C/speed 1.
- Add the sugar or chancaca: 5 min/90°C/speed 1.
- Let cool and serve fresh with a few corn kernels in the glass.
- Store in the fridge; it's a traditional refreshing drink.
Tips
- Somo is served cold, unlike api which is served hot.
- Chancaca gives it a deeper flavor than regular sugar.
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