Ramin Ganeshram

Cachapas

Preparation info
  • Serves:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago
Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

  • About

Cachapa is the Venezuelan version of “tortilla” and is also a popular street food in that country where it is often topped with cheese or sour cream.

Ingredients

  • 6 ears fresh corn
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • Pinch of salt<

Method

  1. Grate corn niblets off the cob into a large bowl.
  2. Add the sugar, salt, milk, cornstarch, and corn flour and mix well. Add more milk as needed to achieve a thick batter.
  3. Heat a griddle or a tawa and brush with oil. Pour about 4 tablespoons of batter onto the griddle and spread to make a pancake. Cook pancake until brown on one side and then flip and cook