Champorado

Champorado is a sweet and creamy chocolate rice pudding in Philippines, a very popular breakfast item which originated from Mexico.

Champorado is a sweet and creamy chocolate rice pudding in Philippines, a very popular breakfast item which originated from Mexico. The champorado was derived from the Mexican drink called Champurrado, so how the Filipinos inherited the recipe?

Apparently during the galleon trade between Philippines (under Spanish regime) and Mexico some Mexican traders stayed in the Philippines and brought with them champurrado’s recipe. It was initially enjoyed as a drink but later on Filipinos found a way of adding rice to it making it a full breakfast meal. As time progressed it further developed, initially tablea’s (a solid chocolate block) were used but with the introduction of cocoa powder by the Americans modern version use this instead. Also Filipinos had started to pair this with fried dried salty fish called tuyo, which basically augments each other’s flavour. Now there are ready to cook packs available at Supermarkets.

I love this breakfast since I was a child and I tend to put a lot of powdered milk to make it so creamy, it’s a really good way to start a day and have a chocolate fix.

Champorado

★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews

• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Yield: 4-6 1x
• Category: Snack
• Cuisine: Filipino

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Description

Champorado is a sweet and creamy chocolate rice pudding in Philippines, a very popular breakfast item which originated from Mexico.

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Ingredients

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• 1/2 cup cocoa powder or 4 pcs of tablea
• 1 cup glutinous rice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 cups hot water
• condensed milk
• powdered milk (optional)

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Instructions

1. In a bowl combine 1 cup water and cocoa powder / tablea, mix well until it dissolves.
2. In a pot add 3 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Add the glutinous rice and let it continuously boil for a couple of minutes.
3. Pour the diluted cocoa powder then stir to combine.
4. Continue to cook for 15 more minutes in low heat while occasionally stirring.
5. Add sugar and cook for 5 more minutes.
6. Remove from pot then serve hot, either with powdered milk or condensed milk.

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You can buy tablea in Amazon, here are some links

• Antonio Pueo Cacao (Tablea) 200g
• Antonio Pueo Cacao Chocolate (Tablea) 200g