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Changua

Name: Changua
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Colombia
Ingredients: 300ml Milk; 150ml Water; 2 Egg; 2 Scallion; A pinch Cilantro; To taste Bread (to serve); To taste Salt

Soup

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

A gentle milk soup with scallions and poached egg — a breakfast from Colombia's central highlands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Changua is a traditional breakfast soup from Colombia's central highlands around Bogotá. A base of water and milk is flavored with scallion and cilantro, and eggs are gently poached in it until just set. In the cool Andean mornings, it's a comforting way to warm up.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a chilly Bogotá morning, people cup a steaming bowl of changua in both hands to start the day.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Milk 300ml
Water 150ml
Egg 2
Scallion 2
Cilantro A pinch
Bread (to serve) To taste
Salt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat the water and milk in a pot.
Add chopped scallions to infuse.
Just before it boils, gently crack in the eggs.
Simmer on low until the eggs are softly set.
Season with salt, scatter with cilantro, and serve with bread.

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