In the days of our grannies, the shrimps from the Rimac river were famous due its look and good size. Some chronicles tell us that the last time they were caught was in 1950. After that years, the pollution has finished with all them, but luckily, we still have the classic recipe to prepare them. Don’t worry, it’s not complicated. This recipe is for 4 people.
There’s a traditional way to prepare causa, and we have already seen it. But we also need time for our work schedules, meetings, family and friends. If we can’t find a moment to prepare it in the old way, we can do it in a modern way: using instant mashed potatoes. Follow this recipe and you’ll get Tuna Causa for 4 people.
It’s curious: in the land where the potato was born, we have been prefering the rice as the main accompaniment. Well, things are changing due the rise of the rice price (rhyme!) and the peruvian government has begun a campaign to promote the consume of potatos (“Papea Perú”) in the International Year of the Potato. Oh, the recipe! you’ll enjoy this fabulous dish for 4 people.
This is another excellent recipe for seafood. Maybe you remember the fish chicharron recipe; there we explained that the chicharron is a dish consisting in deep fried meat; in this case, squids. Usually it’s served with tartar sauce in any cebicheria (the restaurants where the fish cebiche is sold). You can use it as an entrée or an appetizer. With this recipe, you’ll get squid chicharron for 6 people.
You don’t need to call to any fast food restaurant if you want a good sandwich. In fact, if you want a delicious AND healthy sandwich, you can have it in five minutes with this recipe. There’s no need to say a lot about olives (you must have heard about olive oil, mustn’t you? well…) – mix them with raisins and peacans and you’ll have a great sandwich for an afternoon with your family.
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!
The shrimps are an important part of some of the most delicious dishes in the peruvian food (do you remember the rice with shrimps, parihuela or shrimp cioppino?). You’ll ever make a good impression preparing shrimps, and as we want you to have a good image, we offer you this new recipe 
Enjoy it!
Did you like the papa a la huancaina (Huancayo-style potatoes)? you must try the ocopa. It has a different sauce, but equally delicious. This version (one of the best, I think) comes from Arequipa, a region located in the south of Peru. The yellow chili/pepper, peanuts, fresh cheese and black mint give it an unforgettable taste. This recipe is for 6 people.
The causa can have infinite variations. We’ve already seen the tuna causa, the Lima-style causa, and even a causa rolls stuffed with crab. Peru has a lot of versions of the potato, and most of them let us to prepare more and more different dishes. But we have today a colorful kind of causa, and we get it using beet. How? let’s prepare it. This recipe is for 6 people.
Ah, the king prawns… we’ve seen them before in some recipes (see the parihuela, king prawns with quinoa and orange syrup or king prawn in sugar cane skewers) but it seems there isn’t a limit to the number of recipes you can prepare with them. This is a great variation of the fish cebiche recipe, for 6 people.
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