Bolivia / Drinks
Api morado
A hot thick purple corn drink with cinnamon and cloves, with fried pastries.
Ingredients
- Purple corn, soaked overnight400 g
- Water2 1/2 l
- Cinnamon sticks3
- Cloves6
- Orange peel1
- Sugar200 g
- Lemon1
- Cheese for the pastel, to serve200 g
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Method 7 steps
Soak the purple corn in cold water overnight, keeping that water in the morning.
Grind the corn with its water in a blender to an even purple liquid.
Strain it through a fine sieve, pressing the pulp, and strain it a second time.
Add the remaining water, the cinnamon, cloves and orange peel.
Cook over medium heat for forty minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon, until it thickens.
Add the sugar and lemon juice and cook five minutes more.
Remove the spices and serve it hot in mugs, with a fried cheese pastry.


