page_title: Mazamorra
section_title: Peru
hierarchical_section_title: Mazamorra / Regional variations / Peru
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mazamorra morada
context_page_description: Mazamorra is the name for numerous traditional dishes from Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.
context_section_description: Mazamorra in Peru is made with a local variety of maize, purple corn, rich in anthocyanin which gives the mazamorra a deep purple color.  The maize is cooked with pineapple, cinnamon and sweet potato flour. This dish is made specially in October for the celebrations of the Lord of Miracles day 333. This purple corn is also used to make chicha morada, a sweet beverage.
caption: Peruvian Purple Mazamorra
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