Fresco de Chan Salvadoreño
Fresco de chan is one of my favorite refreshments since I was a little kid. It's hard to find this at Salvadoran restaurants in the Houston area and growing up I thought that I could only have this in El Salvador. It wasn't until my mid 20's that I was craving this and googled how to make it. Now, there is not much information about the chan seeds online and some blogs state that chan and chia are the same and others that they come from the same family but are not the same seed.
So my mom brought back chan seeds from El Salvador and I compared them to the chia seeds, they seem to be the same seed to me! So you can use chia seeds if you can't get your hands on some chan seeds to make this drink.
How to make fresco de chan?
There are two flavors that I've tried but I'm sure you can make many different combinations. My favorite two are the strawberry and the hibiscus tea version! It's easy to make and very refreshing on a hot day.
Ingredients
3-4 limes
strawberry syrup/strawberry flavor powder OR sub it for hibiscus tea.
3 tbsp chan or chia seeds
sugar to taste
1 liter of water
Instructions
Soak your seeds in one liter of water for 30 mins
Then juice your 3-4 limes and add lime juice to the water
Add strawberry syrup or flavoring
Add sugar to taste
Serve over ice
