Oatmeal drink

Name: Oatmeal drink (Avena)
Cuisine: Venezuelan
Ingredients: 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup fine oatmeal; 60-90 ml/4-6 tbsp sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 2 cinnamon sticks; 4 cloves; 750 ml/1¼ pints/3 cups milk; ground cinnamon, to serve

Avena

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Colombia and Venezuela

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2015

About

This is a delicious drink made with oats and milk, sweetened and spiced with cinnamon and drunk chilled. It’s so popular with both children and adults that it’s sold ready-made in cartons all over Colombia and Venezuela.

Ingredients

75 g/3 oz/¾ cup fine oatmeal
60-90

Americas
Venezuela
Colombia
Drinks
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
South America

Method

Place the oatmeal in a pan with 1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups water, the sugar, cornflour, cinnamon sticks and cloves.
Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring continuously, for 3-5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the cold milk. When cool, place