# Horchata recipes/substitutions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-recipes-substitutions/299832>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 18, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-recipes-substitutions/299832 "2005-04-18T02:30:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-recipes-substitutions/299832/1 "2005-04-18T02:30:11Z")

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Now that the weather is finally getting warm, I’m considering a _horchata_ experiment. All the recipes I’ve seen so far involve pulverizing white rice in a food processor. This seems like a big mess - is there any reason I couldn’t use rice flour, which I already have in the house?

(Also, I’m not attached to any of the recipes I’ve seen so far, so if you have a good one, please share.)

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**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-recipes-substitutions/299832/2 "2005-04-18T13:38:06Z")

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Can you get tiger nuts where you are?

[Horchata de chufa](http://www.xmission.com/~dderhak/recipe/horchc.htm).

¡Buen provecho!

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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-recipes-substitutions/299832/3 "2005-04-19T01:15:42Z")

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> [@Martha](#):
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> Can you get tiger nuts where you are?
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> [Horchata de chufa](http://www.xmission.com/~dderhak/recipe/horchc.htm).
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> ¡Buen provecho!

Probably not - I wouldn’t know a tiger nut if I tripped over one. But if it involves Mexicans or Central Americans, I can probably buy it within a mile of my apartment - thus the attempt at rice-based _horchata._ (The other may have to wait until I make it back to Spain.)