Alegrías Recipe
Alegrías are a type of sweet or candy that is very popular in the gastronomy of the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Here you will learn how to prepare Alegrías step by step and quickly and easily.
Ingredients
- 1 large coconut
- 1 pound of millet
- 1 panela
Step by step preparation
- First, prepare all the ingredients, first placing all the millet in water for 1 hour; Meanwhile, proceed to grate the coconut (you can also cut the coconut into fine pieces).
- A dry cauldron is placed on the fire until it is very hot.
- Once the hour has passed, drain the millet and place it in the cauldron and leave it until it begins to open like the popcorn.
- The panela is cooked in half a liter of water until it turns into honey. (You can also cook the coconut in a little water with some panela to caramelize it).
- When all the millet is open, put it in a container and mix with the grated coconut plus the honey resulting from cooking the panela. (everything must be hot).
- Then you wet your hands and begin to form medium balls with this mixture, let them dry and that's it.
Interesting Facts
- Las Alegrías are one of the popular sweets sold by palenqueras on beaches, streets and squares on the coast of Colombia.
- In some areas of the Caribbean they are known as “Alegrías de Burro”.
- In the Palenquera language they are known as ma jarocha.
- In other Latin American countries, alejas are also usually made with some variations in their preparation, for example in El Salvador they are known as “Alborotos”.
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