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In Colombia, natilla is the most popular Christmas dish and is eaten along with buñuelos and "manjar blanco", and it resembles a flan or pudding. Some of the ingredients include milk, "panela" (blocks of brown sugar), cinnamon sticks, and flour or cornstarch. Traditionally people like to add grated coconut but it's an optional ingredient. To garnish it, powdered cinammon is spread on top of the finished natilla. Natilla is found all throughout the Christmas season and usually stores sell pre-made natilla; but one of the best known Christmas traditions in Colombia is making natilla in an improvised campfire in the streets or home patios.