Panocha

Panocha

Small serving of panocha from Chimayó, New Mexico
Type	Pudding
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	New Mexico southern Colorado
Main ingredients	Ground sprouted wheat flour, piloncillo

Panocha is a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo in New Mexico and southern Colorado. It is traditionally eaten during Lent.¹ The sprouted-wheat flour is called "panocha flour" or simply "panocha", as well.²

In the Philippines, panocha (also spelled panutsa or panotsa) is the Spanish term for sangkaka, a traditional native jaggery made in halved coconut shells. The term is also used to refer to a type of peanut brittle in the Philippines (more properly panocha mani).³⁴

References

References

1. Cobos, Rubén (1983). A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish. Santa Fe NM: Museum of New Mexico Press. pp. 126. ISBN 0-89013-142-2.
2. Curtis, Susan (1998). The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook: spirited Southwestern. Gibbs Smith. p. 99. ISBN 0-87905-619-3. Retrieved 2008-03-29. Includes directions for making panocha flour.
3. Polistico, Edgie (2017). Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary. Anvil Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9786214200870.
4. "Panotsa, Panutsa, Panocha?". Tagalog Lang. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.