Changua
Milky breakfast soup with poached eggs
Think of it as: Like warm milk toast with poached eggs and scallions
Milk, eggs, bread. Breakfast in one bowl.
What does it taste like?
Mild and milky, with scallion and cilantro. The bread soaks it all up.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureSoft and soupy
What is it?
Milk and water warmed with scallions, with eggs poached right in the pot and cilantro on top. Stale bread goes in to soak. It's a breakfast soup from Bogotá and the Andes.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
A chilly Andean breakfast, with hot chocolate or arepas. Some swear by it for hangovers.
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🇨🇴Colombia
CapitalBogotá
Populationabout 53.7 millionestimate (unverified)
IndustriesOil, Coffee, Cut flowers, Coal
Famous peopleGabriel García MárquezNobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Fun factThe country with the most bird species in the world.
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✈ Check cheap flights Best timeDecember to March, when there's less rain, is best. Also tryBandeja paisaAjiacoEmpanadas More from here🐜 Hormigas culonas
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MusicVallenato Cheerful songs led by the accordion
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James Rodríguez (soccer; top scorer at the 2014 World Cup) World HeritagePort, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena and more National animalAndean condor National flowerCattleya FestivalBarranquilla Carnival (February-March)
MusicVallenato Cheerful songs led by the accordion
SportSoccer
James Rodríguez (soccer; top scorer at the 2014 World Cup) World HeritagePort, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena and more National animalAndean condor National flowerCattleya FestivalBarranquilla Carnival (February-March)
Ingredients
- Milk 1 cup
- Water 1 cup
- Eggs 2
- Scallion 1
- Cilantro, a little
- Salt, a pinch
- Stale bread 1 slice
How to make it (one way)
- Warm milk, water and chopped scallion whites in a pot
- Season with salt
- Just before it boils, crack in the eggs to poach
- Put the bread in a bowl and pour the soup over
- Top with scallion greens and cilantro