Columbian Style Arepas

About Columbian Style Arepas

Ingredients

• Corn kernels 1 cup
• Cornmeal 1 cup
• Vegetable stock ½ cup
• Sugar 1 tbsp
• Hung yogurt (chakka) 1 tbsp
• Melted butter 1 tbsp
• Processed cheese, grated ½ cup
• Oil as required

How to Make Columbian Style Arepas (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Put corn in a mixer jar, add vegetable stock and grind.
2. Take cornmeal, sugar, hung curd and melted butter in a bowl and mix. Add corn puree, cheese and salt and mix well to make a thick batter.
3. Heat sufficient oil in a non-stick grill pan and rub some on your palms as well.
4. Take some batter in your palm and shape into ¼ inch thick and 3 inch broad Arepas.
5. Place it gently in the grill pan and grill on low heat, turning sides, for 5-6 minutes or till they turn golden on both sides. You can get around 12 arepas with this batter.
6. Serve with salsa sauce.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

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Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps