Comments on: Arepas de Choclo (Sweet Corn Arepas)

By: kseniaprints

kseniaprints — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:13:52 +0000

In reply to Suzette. There's no corn puree in this recipe — it uses sweet corn masarepa, which is a pre-made dried corn flour (the choclo/sweet corn variety). You just add water and it hydrates into dough. If you want to add some sweet corn into the mix, you can add ½ cup fresh or thawed frozen corn kernels blended into the water before mixing with masarepa, and then another ¼ cup corn kernels left whole, folded into the dough. You'll need to reduce the water to compensate - start by 3 tablespoons less and then add more if needed.

By: Suzette

Suzette — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:55:12 +0000

In reply to Liz. How much sweet corn do you use to make the puree its not in the recipe

By: Suzette

Suzette — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:54:47 +0000

How much sweet corn do you use to make the puree its not in the recipe

By: kseniaprints

kseniaprints — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:48:32 +0000

In reply to Liz. Oh that's peculiar. I have good results with this ratio... Let me test it a bit more. What brand of sweet masarepa you used? And it was the sweet one, right?

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:44:05 +0000

Hi, I got some masarepa for the first time and thought this recipe looked like a great way to try it out. Initially, I thought I would just make a smaller batch, and tried halving the ingredient amounts. The ratio of water to masarepa and cheese gave me something very liquidy - I am not sure if this could be because my masarepa was a few months past its "best" date? So by instinct and feel, I just added more masarepa until the dough resembled your photo, and let it rest a while in the fridge. My little arepas came out very tasty, but I just thought I should ask if the ratio of water in your ingredients list is correct or maybe a typo? Also because I noticed in your other recipe (Authentic Colombian Cheese Arepas), the proportion of water/masarepa/cheese seems more like what I ended up with! Thanks 🙂

By: Jael

Jael — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:16:18 +0000

I love arepas,but I must say that for me Venezuelan arepas are better(lived in Venezuela for a few years,and had an arepa also in Bogota..)