Champorado Isn’t Your Ordinary Porridge

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Champorado is another popular Filipino dish. Interestingly, its origins are from Mexico. Guess what? it wasn’t exactly a dish when it was introduced in the Philippines centuries ago.😀

A Close Look At Champorado

Champorado evolved from the Mexican drink called champurrado. (Take note of the rr 😀 )

The latter is a thick, creamy, and chocolatey drink that’s composed of corn, sugar (sometimes piloncilo or brown sugar), cinnamon, milk, and chocolate.

Our very own version of it is made out of rice and chocolate.

Our very own version of it is made out of rice and chocolate.

Champorado with topped with condensed milk.
Champorado uses rice instead of corn. It makes sense because rice is abundant.

To sweeten the champorado, we usually pour in some condensed milk before eating it. 👍

Champorado is usually eaten for breakfast in the Philippines. Not a far cry from porridge except for the fact that it’s actually chocolate rice. 😀 The usual chocolate porridge is made out of oats.

So, if you’re not used to eating rice, let alone, chocolate rice, you might have second thoughts about champorado.

But you know what? It just takes for you to try it once to like it. 😃 It’s actually good.

How To Cook Champorado Effortlessly

If you want to know how to cook champorado effortlessly, you can consider using the White King Champorado mix.

White King Champorado mix has everything figured out for you. A box of White King Champorado contains a mixture of chocolate and glutinous rice.

All you need to do is to boil the contents of White King Champorado mix. Once the mixture is cooked, you can add some milk or sugar for an added layer of sweetness.  

All you need to do is to boil the contents of White King Champorado mix. Once the mixture is cooked, you can add some milk or sugar for an added layer of sweetness.

Other brands of champordado mixes are Maya, Sarap Pinoy, and Mama Sita’s, all of which are available in the grocery store.

A Very Simple Champorado Recipe

You can also make champorado from scratch. That’s exactly what we did when we didn’t have champorado mix at home.

We’re going to share with you our simple champorado recipe but before doing so, make sure you have some tablea.

We’re going to share with you our simple champorado recipe but before doing so, make sure you have some tablea.

We were lucky we had some. Some kind-hearted friends of ours gave us huge blocks of tablea from Bohol. 🙂

Tablea Is The Star Ingredient

Tablea is made out of cacao beans. The cacao beans are processed and molded into blocks or tablets of pure chocolate. 😃

A block of tablea from Bohol
Bohol is one of the places where you can get the best tablea.

It’s safe to say that tablea is pretty much pure chocolate. It’s often used to make hot chocolate.

Of course, you can use it to make champorado as well. Here’s how to cook champorado with the use of tablea.

Boil five cups of water. Then add in one cup of rice. We also didn’t have any glutinous rice so we just used regular rice. 😃

Boiling rice in a hot pan
Cook the rice first and it’s okay to use regular rice. 👍

Add in the tablea once the rice is cooked. Since we had a huge block of tablea, we just chopped off a good portion of it. It’s up to you how much tablea you want to add.

Boiling rice and tablea to make champorado.
Wait for the tablea to melt.
Mixing champorado until it's cooked.
Just keep on mixing until the liquid disappears. When it does, it will become thicker and creamier.
Champorado in a white bowl
You can always add in some sugar or condensed milk to add a layer of sweetness.

Some folks pair champorado with some tuyo. I haven’t really tried eating it with tuyo. I prefer to eat champorado with condensed milk. However, some folks find the contrasting flavors of champoprado and tuyo quite tasty. 😀

Health Benefits Of Tablea

Did you know that there are health benefits of incorporating tablea into your diet? Well, the health benefits are coming from the cacao beans from which the tablea is made.

For starters, it’s high in antioxidants, which are good for your general well-being, as well as for combating illness. Theobromine is an antioxidant found in chocolate, as is epicatechin, another important component.

Chocolate is also full of flavonoids – essential chemicals that fight off bacteria, viruses, and even cancer cells. Dark chocolate is high in selenium, another antioxidant to look out for.

Chocolate is also full of flavonoids – essential chemicals that fight off bacteria, viruses, and even cancer cells. Dark chocolate is high in selenium, another antioxidant to look out for.

When eaten regularly, chocolate can also help to protect against high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems. In addition to lower blood pressure and heart disease, it also helps to fight free radicals and prevent cell damage.

One of the things that you might not have realized is that dark chocolate contains magnesium. Magnesium works with calcium to keep the muscles of the heart working properly.

One of the things that you might not have realized is that dark chocolate contains magnesium. Magnesium works with calcium to keep the muscles of the heart working properly.

High levels of calcium can lead to hardening of the arteries, which is one of the main causes of heart attacks.

By eating a small amount of chocolate each day, you can greatly improve your cardiovascular health and lower your risk of developing heart disease.

By eating a small amount of chocolate each day, you can greatly improve your cardiovascular health and lower your risk of developing heart disease.

The final area in which you can reap the health benefits of chocolate involves the issue of cholesterol. The unsaturated fat found in dark chocolate helps to reduce the buildup of cholesterol within the arteries.

This is important because unhealthy fats have been linked to a number of serious health problems including heart disease and stroke.

If you eat chocolate on a regular basis, you can greatly reduce your risk of developing heart disease or some forms of cancer.

Hence, using tablea to make some champorado really has some health benefits. Just take it easy with the sugar or milk.

Adding some sugar and milk to champorado will really level up the taste but too much of it isn’t good for you as well. 🙂

How do you cook champorado? Feel free to share with us some of your tips and tricks.

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