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Tujure Shop Here for Recipe Ingredients • Bolivian Dining Etiquette • Recipes in Spanish - Español Restaurants • Grocery Stores • Markets • Bolivia for Kids • Site Map Tujure (pronounced “too-hoo-RAY”) is a Bolivian drink native to the Northeastern state of Beni, Bolivia’s second largest agricultural and cattle ranching area. There are enormous banana and plantain plantations here. I think that’s one reason why plantains are so prevalent in “la comida beniana” (food from Beni). Ever Seen a Pink Banana?These are not the bananas we're going to use. But have you ever seen a pink banana? Or one so tiny? Just thought I'd throw that in there. OK, back to our recipe...
To make green plantain peel ash, green plantain peels are thrown on an outdoor fire and burned into an ash. You don’t have to use ash for this recipe (nor should you go start a fire just to get the ash). I’ll provide a substitute below. Check out my recipe for
Pululo
(also made from green plantains - but NOT ashes). Ingredients (Serves 6)4 cups of water1 pound of dried white corn, broken into tiny pieces 1/4 cup of corn flour 1/4 cup green plantain peel ash (see substitute below) 6 cups of milk Sugar to taste InstructionsCook the corn and corn flour in a large pot with water and add water if necessary to ensure it doesn’t thicken too much and burn. When the corn is completely soft, add the green plantain peel starch. Cook over low heat for one hour. Take off the stove and allow to cool completely. Add cold milk and sweeten to taste. Serve really cold.AlternativeOK. Skip the banana peel ash and do this: Buy 2 or 3 green plantains and slice off the peel with a knife. On the inside of the peel there is a thick, sort of stringy substance. Scrape it off with a fork – all of it, as much as you can get without actually adding the peeling.At the moment you are adding the milk and sugar, add the banana peel scrapings and blend. Serve very cold. It’s actually yummy! I know, doesn’t seem possible, does it. Want to hear something else that's really strange? Banana peel ash was traditionally used as a natural fertilizer AND also as a natural bleaching agent! Blech! Double blech!
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