This is a quick Mazamorra Colombiana recipe, if you prefer the recipe to make it from scratch you can find it here. Mazamorra is a popular dish in Latin America and like many dishes there are different variations depending on the country. Colombian Mazamorra is usually served with guava paste (bocadiilo) or panela (brown cane sugar).
Mazamorra Colombiana (Colombian Mazamorra)
Ingredients
- 1 can 29 oz Hominy (maiz peto), drained and rinsed
- 6 cups of water
- 5 cups of milk
- Panela or guava paste for serving
Instructions
- In a large pot place the hominy and add the water. Cook for about 40 minutes over medium heat.
- Add the milk and serve warm or cold with panela on the side.
Nutrition
Mazamorra is a traditional Colombian drink from the Andean zone of the country and very popular as a side dish to foods such as our wonderful bandeja paisa. It is typically accompanied with panela or guava paste.
What is Mazamorra? It is simply corn cooked until it is very soft.
Mazamorra is known as a drink, but to me it is more like a dessert and the "claro", the cooking liquid from the mazamorra, is what my grandmother called "sobremesa", or the drink after the meal.
Enjoy!
pamela
I am sorry but this is the worst thing I ever eaten in Colombia or anywhere. They serve it with bits of chewy candy so you can stomach it. The masamora I had which is very typical of Armenia, Colombia, had bits of dried corn floating in it, and other than that no flavor whatsoever, no salt, no spice, just like you have said water mixed with milk, I thought it was flour mixed with water it was so watery, but could be as you have said here, water mixed with milk., Sorry but horrible! The only way me and my friends were able to down it (as we didn´t want to be rude to our host) was to put the candy in our mouth and swallow quick! The Colombians love it and it is sold on the street corners. Just the thought makes me ill. I do love hominy however, such as pozole in mexico, but masamora, never!
Erin
Erica,
Seeing this recipe made me smile. When I lived in Cali every morning a man with a push cart and a bullhorn came by 2-3 times a day in my neighborhood yelling Mazamorra. So naturally of course by my second day I had to try it. His was really good but my husband's grandmother's was better as it always is. Thank you so much for your recipes I use your blog as my go to when I cook for my husband's family and I have always received rave reviews!