blue corn
Violet-hued grain variety
Blue corn is a variety of maize with kernels ranging from deep blue to purple-black, grown primarily in the American Southwest.
It has been cultivated by Pueblo peoples for centuries and remains important in Native American cuisine.
Blue corn appears in tortillas, chips, and cornmeal: blue corn pancakes, blue corn enchiladas.
The color comes from anthocyanin pigments.
- tamalesFilled masa, steamed wrapped
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
- stone groundProcessed between rotating rocks
- hominyAlkali-processed dried kernels
- masa harinaNixtamalized maize flour
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- cornhominy, husk, masa, grits, polenta
- grainswheat, rice, oats, barley, maize
- Mexican ingredientsnopal, nopales, tomatillo, masa, poblano
- New MexicoSanta Fe, Albuquerque, Taos, adobe, White Sands
- heirloom cropsheirloom tomato, heritage apple, heritage grain, purple carrot, farro
- indigenous foodspemmican, bannock, fry bread, poi, taro