Cachapa is a traditional Venezuelan dish made from corn. It’s a kind of corn pancake, but slighted thicker and lumpier because of the pieces from corn kernels. Cachapas are an integral part of Venezuela’s culinary history and their origin dates back to pre- Colombian times, when the indigenous population would grind corn with stone pestles and then cook it cachapa-style on clay budares, flat griddle plates that have been found in archaeological digs at many sites in Venezuela. Corn was believed to be of divine origin, a gift of the Gods.