Chicha de Jora: Fermented Corn Drink
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Chicha de jora — the fermented maize beer of the Andes — is one of the oldest fermented beverages in the Americas, predating European contact by millennia. Made from sprouted, dried, and fermented maize (jora), it was the sacred drink of the Inca Empire and remains a central element of Andean food culture. Culinarily, chicha de jora is used as a marinade and cooking liquid — its mild alcohol content, acidity from fermentation, and complex corn flavour adding a dimension to preparations (like adobo) that water alone cannot provide.
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