How to make rice horchata

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The horchata It is a sweet and fresh drink, ideal for hot weather. It is used to having a series of fixed ingredients, such as sugar, water and milk, and other variables that we must choose depending on the flavor we want to give it. The simplest and most traditional is the rice horchata or horchata water, but we can also make chufa, almonds, coconut and even melon. If you are one of those who love to spend the summer afternoons in the sun taking a delicious horchata, read this article and discover how to make rice horchata to prepare it yourself

Low difficulty Ingredients:

2 cups raw white rice
Cinnamon stick or powder
1 liter of water
1 liter of milk
1 cup and 1/2 sugar

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The first thing you should do is leave all ingredients ready. To do this, check our articles on how much a cup in grams equals to find out how much each ingredient weighs. As for the amounts of milk and water, you should know that 2 liters of liquid are needed and, depending on the intensity of flavor you want to give it, you can distribute them as you want. For example, instead of adding water and milk in equal parts, you can put 1 liter and 1/2 of water and 1/2 of milk or upside down. If you wish, instead of liquid milk you can use the condensed but the result will be a sweeter horchata.

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Now that you have everything ready, we will start by rinsing the rice to clean it. You should put it in a strainer and wash it until the water comes out completely transparent. When it is clean, place it in a deep bowl and leave it soak with half or 3/4 of water for at least two hours.

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After time, introduce the rice and water in the blender and also incorporates milk, sugar and cinnamon powder. If you use cinnamon sticks, save it for later. Crush everything until all the ingredients have dissolved and the rice is powdered. If you don't have a blender, put all these ingredients in a high-edge container and beat it with the blender.

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When you have the horchata well liquefied, pour it into a jar if you are going to serve it immediately, or bottle or container with closure if you will take it later. Add the rest of the water and some cinnamon sticks If you did not use powder. Remove everything and leave it in the fridge if you will drink it later or serve it in glasses with ice cubes to cool it.

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If you wish, as a decoration, you can sprinkle a little cinnamon in each glass. And, if you don't like cinnamon, you can use vanilla instead. As you see, do homemade rice horchata It is very simple and the result is really delicious.