Colada de Maizena Recipe (Colombian Cornstarch Pudding)

Colada de Maizena is a popular thick hot Colombian drink made with milk, maizena (cornstarch), vanilla, sugar and cinnamon. I e-mailed all of my cousins in Colombia trying to find this recipe. My grandmother made this often when I was growing up as an afternoon snack and it's been a long time since I've had

Prep time: PT5M

Cook time: PT10M

Total time: PT15M

Rating

5 stars (34 reviews)

Keywords

Colombian, Colombian Food, Colombian recipes

Ingredients

1/4 cup maizena (corn starch)
5 cups whole milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
Seeds of 1 vanilla bean

Cuisine

Colombian

Steps

In a medium bowl, mix together the maizena or corn starch with 1 cup of the milk until the corn starch is dissolved and there are no lumps.
Pour the rest of the milk, the sugar, cinnamon stick and the vanilla seeds into a medium pot, then gradually whisk in the corn starch mixture.
Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until the colada is thickened to the consistency of a thin pudding.
Remove from heat, discard the cinnamon stick and serve hot.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 280 kcal
Carbohydrates: 39 g
Protein: 10 g
Fat: 10 g
Saturated Fat: 6 g
Cholesterol: 37 mg
Sodium: 117 mg
Sugar: 31 g
Unsaturated Fat: 2.3 g

Reviews

IRIS on 2021-01-31 (5 stars):
I had a friend in middle school who's mom would make this. She was from Columbia. It's been like 20 years and I randomly remembered it and after so much time trying to remember what it was I found your recipe! I had only remembered the yellow box that said Maizena. I'm making it now with almond milk (I think soy would be better but I don't have any right now. I'm also out of sugar so I'm using Splenda naturals. It's pretty good but I need to make it with the real stuff next time. Thank you!
Claudia Lucia Easterling on 2021-01-20 (5 stars):
OMG my parents are from Colombia, I use to have this as a child and I too craved this with my third pregnancy! So funny gotta love them Colombian roots! Glad I found you.
Sandra on 2017-12-16 (5 stars):
Gracias por la receta. Yo solo le pondria menos agua y menos azucar, ya que la colada es mas espesa y mas simple. En Medellin solemos tomarla mezclada con galletas Saltin Noel en pedacitos. Saludos.
Laura cuellar on 2017-03-22 (5 stars):
Yes there is something about pregnancy that makes this an extra special treat. This saved me in the first 2 months or so of breastfeeding at all ours of the night. I had no desireto eat something at such hours butneeding the calories all i had to do was heatup a cup from a batch made in the evening. Warm and sooo yummy comforting.
Eva de Bulgaria on 2016-11-11 (5 stars):
I love this recipe!!! Turns out perfect!!
Missy on 2016-10-27 (5 stars):
I never heard of this recipe before. My daughter's future mother-in-law introduced it her, and she inturn did the same to me. I enjoy it . It will be one of my comfort foods to end my evening.
Teri on 2014-10-14 (5 stars):
Thanks for sharing this recipe, when I was stayed at the hospital in Costa Rica because of problems with my pregancy, I and all the other ladies with gestational diabetes were given this to drink in the evening as our snack to tide us over till breakfast. Now that I have a son who is allergic to corn and milk I wanted to make this recipe with his special formula -this should hide the taste of it- and cassava starch because hes also allergic to corn. I was not able to find the recipe anywhere till I found yours, it looks like what I had at the hospital, yum! again thanks for sharing!
Carolina on 2013-03-07 (5 stars):
You're a lifesaver! I was craving this and I couldn't get a hold of my mom. Que rica que me quedo, gracias!
Maria C on 2012-08-13 (5 stars):
I prepared my colada today, I'm pregnant and craving Colombian food every day. I'm going to check on other of your recipes to see what I would like to have tomorrow. Great page.
Marcela on 2011-12-14 (5 stars):
Que rico, en El Salvador tenemos un postre muy similar...quiero probar!!!
DowntownFoodie on 2011-04-03 (5 stars):
I absolutely looove Maicena!! How cool that you guys add vanilla bean. Yum! Great recipe!
luzma on 2011-03-25 (5 stars):
Hola Erica por casualidad tendras receta de las empanadas pastuzas con el aji de mani?
Nelly on 2011-03-23 (5 stars):
Hey Erica! This recipe is delicious. I made the colada with almond milk and mmmmmmm...great!.. Thanks for share you recipes. God bless you :)
Caroll Buitrago-Long on 2011-03-05 (5 stars):
Hola Erica, Acabo de hacer la maizena de nuevo pero esta vez se me ahumo. Porque crees que pasa?? segui todos los pasos auqnue esta vez use la leche 2%, sera ese el problema? Gracias
Courtney on 2011-03-02 (5 stars):
Hola Erica! I've been following your blog for awhile now, I'm dating a Colombian who is living in Canada, and I often try to make Colombian food so he feels at home, but it's hard as we live in a small city and in order to have any similar ingredients even, we need to travel 2-3 hours. I've tried a couple things from your blog--let me say, most were a success, but anything involving cheese has been deemed a failure by him due to the differences in cheese, but my mum liked what he didn't, jajaj I am going to try 3-5 things from your blog this weekend (or at least I plan to), because I have been craving areapas con queso for about a month now. Gracias por ti, Erica. Espero todos es bueno contigo! (My Spanish is terrible, sorry, jej)
Evelyn on 2011-03-02 (5 stars):
uhiii me llevaste a mi infancia con la colada de maizena. Tan linda. Felicidades por tu web esta espectacular.xoxo.