Chicha Morada
Go ahead – ask me why I’ve never posted this recipe. And the answer will be – I just don’t know! Honestly, I thought I’d done it a long time ago. But I realized today that I hadn’t, so better now than never! I’ve talked about chicha before – specifically chicha de jora, and talked [...]
Sudado de Pescado
When I first moved to Peru, my husband’s house was basically empty. He had been living out of the country, and the rest of his family had been using his home for storage of the things they didn’t need. As I got settled in, we started buying appliances; one of the first things we got [...]
Chicha de Jora
If you cook very many Peruvian dishes, eventually you’ll run up against the ingredient chicha de jora. And you may think to yourself, “What the hoohaw is chicha de jora?” Well, chicha (CHEE-cha) itself is a word used in Latin America as a catch-all for a variety of fermented drinks, especially those made using corn [...]
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