Purple Corn

purple corn shucked and unshucked

Hex code:

#690406



Chemical pigment:

Anthocyanin



Originated:

In the Andes, South America.



Fact:

Purple corn is often used as a purple dye for other foods, and its use in chicha moranda dates to before the Inca Empire (pre-1400s).



Recipes:

chicha morada, ube-macapuno cake, purple corn and pineapple sangria