Peruvian Quinoa Drink
Recipe type: Drink
Cuisine: Peruvian, South American
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Serves: 4
We tasted this drink for the first time in the Andes Mountains in Peru. Served at breakfast it is a warm hearty drink loaded with protein that will give you energy throughout the day. This recipe varies quite a bit from others that I have found.
Ingredients
- 1 liter of water
- ½ cup quinoa
- 2 apples, peeled and grated (or chopped very fine)
- ¼ of a pineapple peeled and grated (or chopped very fine)
- 1 tablespoon of sugar, or to taste
- 1 cinnamon stick and 2 cloves
- 1 tablespoon corn starch (or similar thickening agent)
Instructions
- Soak the Quinoa overnight in water (~12 hours) or boil for 20 minutes
- Rinse thoroughly after soaking or boiling.
- Put ready quinoa in water, add finely chopped or grated apples and pineapple along with cinnamon stick and cloves and simmer for 20 minutes
- While heating up other ingredients, add corn starch to small amount of cold water to form a paste.
- Slowly add paste to other ingredients while stirring until desired thickness.
