Lima beans, butter beans… it has a lot of names, and it doens’t matter: the only important thing is it’s delicious (have you tried the Lima beans soup?). Did you think that there was an unique type of puree? ok, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with this new kind. You won’t need a lot of ingredients and its preparation is easy and fast. This recipe is for 6 to 8 people.
As I said before, the peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world. But it isn’t due to have all the ingredients and an unique way to prepare them: it’s because a lot of our own dishes are mixed with others; because we have a way to make them that it’s the result of mixing a lot of ways… we can bring the best ingredients of the world, add them some of ours and obtain a delicious new course. This is one example. This recipe is for 8 to 10 people.
The cauliflower is an excellent vegetable. Its main component is the water, so it has a little quantity of calories, carbohydrates, proteins and fats. But it a good source of fiber, vitamin B6 and B5, folic acid and minerals. This is an old and traditional peruvian recipe (and, in this case, for 8 people). If you don’ like the cauliflower (or if you don’t have it) you can use broccoli, its “cousin”. Thanks for the suggestion, Lissette!
If you have come to Peru and have tried the manjarblanco alfajores (or if you prepared it), you’ll know how tasty it is. Well, for this weekend we have a variation: the sweet potato alfajores. It hasn’t manjarblanco, but a delicious stuffing made with sweet potato, egg yolks and sweet wine. Don’t lose it, it’s easy! this recipe is for 6 people.
As you can see in Wikipedia, the lima beans or butter beans are known in spanish as pallares (plural of pallar). It’s an andean legume used in a lot of dishes in the peruvian cuisine. One of its most delicious recipes is this, a soup with bacon and parmesan cheese. Yes, it sounds great – wait to taste it. This recipe is for 6 to 8 people.
The cassava is a popular tuber in the Andean zone. We’ve seen it in many recipes before (cassava balls, sancochado, fish chilcano, etc.) – this time, we’ll use the Huancayo-style sauce (yes, the same of the Huancayo-style potatoes) and we’ll mix with fried cassava, as an entrée or snack. You can’t miss it!
This is a soup whose name comes from menestra, vegetable seeds: beans, broad beans, chickpeas, lima beans, etc, and it contains -of course- legumes, beef, pork, potatoes, cheese… it’s originated in Italy but incorporated to the peruvian cooking a lot of years ago, and it’s used as an entrée or as a main course. Whatever you want, here you have the recipe for 8 people.
The frijol colado is a very popular peruvian dessert originary from Chincha, one of the main cities in Ica, a region in the south of Lima – do you remember the carapulcra and the sopa seca? yes, all comes from the same place. You and your kids will enjoy this delicious recipe for 6 people.
You didn’t thought to find a pilaf made of quinoa, did you? why do we use the quinoa? well, as we saw in a previous post, this is an excellent, nutritional, food used by the Incas. This pilaf is one of the healthiest ways to prepare it; contains olive oil, chicken stock, carrots, parmesan… and it has only 199 calories – you can’t lose it!. This recipe is for 8 people.
The cassava is widely consumed in the three peruvian natural regions: coast, mountains (Andes) and jungle (Amazonic forest). It’s the third largest source of carbohydrates for human food in the world and it’s used in ethnomedicine to threat diarrhea, malaria, hypertension, headaches and even the irritable bowel syndrome. Being so good, it was eaten by the Incas in a lot of dishes. But for now, we’ll enjoy it in this recipe that will be useful as an entrée for 5-6 people.
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