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Venezuelan Chicha

Name: Venezuelan Chicha
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Venezuela
Ingredients: 100g Raw rice; 800ml Water; 500ml Milk; 150g Sweetened condensed milk; 2 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Vanilla Extract; To taste Cinnamon powder; To taste Ice

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Soft-cooked rice blended smooth with milk and condensed milk and dusted with cinnamon — Venezuela's sweet rice drink.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Venezuelan chicha is a drink made by cooking rice soft, blending it, and finishing it sweet and creamy with milk and condensed milk. It's different from the fermented corn chicha of the Andes and contains no alcohol. It's sold from the carts of chicheros (chicha vendors) on street corners with ice, cinnamon, and plenty of condensed milk.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Caracas plaza, a line forms at a chichero's cart as white chicha is poured into iced cups and dusted with cinnamon.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Raw rice 100g
Water 800ml
Milk 500ml
Sweetened condensed milk 150g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Cinnamon powder To taste
Ice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and soak in water for at least 2 hours.
Simmer the rice and water in a pot on low for 30–40 minutes until falling apart.
Cool slightly and blend with the milk until smooth.
Mix in the condensed milk, sugar, and vanilla and chill in the fridge.
If too thick, thin with milk.
Pour into glasses with ice, drizzle with a little condensed milk, and dust with cinnamon.

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