Munguzá

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Munguzá

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Brazilian sweet porridge

About this dish

Canjica, mugunzá or mungunzá (these last two are words of African origin) is a Brazilian sweet dish, associated with winter festivals, which in Brazil is in June (Festa Junina). The dish is a porridge made with white or yellow de-germed whole maize kernels (canjica), cooked with milk, sugar and cinnamon until tender. Coconut and coconut milk as well as some cloves and roasted peanuts are also added, mainly in the northern variety of this recipe (Northeastern variety). Other ingredients may be added, such as peanuts and sweetened condensed milk. The name canjica is prevalent in central-southern Brazil, while mugunzá is used in the northern states (where canjica means a different dish, made with unripe cooked corn juice). Also known as canjicão in some parts of Brazil.

Description: Wikipedia — Canjica (dish), CC BY-SA 4.0

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