Food in Peru
Peru is famous throughout South America for its food. As a major fishing nation, fish is very important, and prepared with imagination.
The most common ingredients found in nearly every Peruvian dish are rice, potatoes, chicken, pork, lamb, and fish. Most of these meals include one of the different kinds of "aji", or Peruvian hot pepper, which mainly are: yellow aji pepper, red aji pepper, red rocoto pepper.
Chicken, pork and lamb were introduced to Peru 500 years ago, when Spaniards came to America. Other ingredients, like potatoes, were already being grow in the Peruvian Andes and were taken by the Spaniards back to Europe.
Today more than 200 varieties of potato can be found in the area near Lake Titicaca. They range in color from purple to blue, from yellow to brown. Sizes and textures are different as well. Some are smalls as nuts, others can be as large as oranges.
Peruvian cuisine reflects local cooking practices and ingredients and, through immigration, influences from Spain, China, Italy, West Africa, and Japan. Due to a lack of ingredients from their home countries, immigrants to Peru modified their traditional cuisines by using ingredients available in Peru. The three traditional staples of Peruvian cuisine are corn, potatoes, and ajies(chilis). These ingredients have been combined with a number of staples brought by the Spanish, such as rice, wheat and meat (such as beef, pork and chicken). Many traditional foods—such as quinoa, kiwicha, chili peppers, and several roots and tubers have increased in popularity in recent decades, reflecting a revival of interest in native Peruvian foods and culinary techniques.
My ultimate favourite peruvian dish is a Papa a la Huancaina (Potatoes with Spicy Cheese Sauce) this is a dish that has been made for generations by my family members, I love it...yum.
Many traditional dishes are made when family comes together this is a way of celebrating our culture and the strongest way just to that. Sharing with family is the most exiting and popular tradition in our culture. Usually in our culture those of your family who can attend visit every 5 or so weeks and some times sneak in presents for the kids.
The most common ingredients found in nearly every Peruvian dish are rice, potatoes, chicken, pork, lamb, and fish. Most of these meals include one of the different kinds of "aji", or Peruvian hot pepper, which mainly are: yellow aji pepper, red aji pepper, red rocoto pepper.
Chicken, pork and lamb were introduced to Peru 500 years ago, when Spaniards came to America. Other ingredients, like potatoes, were already being grow in the Peruvian Andes and were taken by the Spaniards back to Europe.
Today more than 200 varieties of potato can be found in the area near Lake Titicaca. They range in color from purple to blue, from yellow to brown. Sizes and textures are different as well. Some are smalls as nuts, others can be as large as oranges.
Peruvian cuisine reflects local cooking practices and ingredients and, through immigration, influences from Spain, China, Italy, West Africa, and Japan. Due to a lack of ingredients from their home countries, immigrants to Peru modified their traditional cuisines by using ingredients available in Peru. The three traditional staples of Peruvian cuisine are corn, potatoes, and ajies(chilis). These ingredients have been combined with a number of staples brought by the Spanish, such as rice, wheat and meat (such as beef, pork and chicken). Many traditional foods—such as quinoa, kiwicha, chili peppers, and several roots and tubers have increased in popularity in recent decades, reflecting a revival of interest in native Peruvian foods and culinary techniques.
My ultimate favourite peruvian dish is a Papa a la Huancaina (Potatoes with Spicy Cheese Sauce) this is a dish that has been made for generations by my family members, I love it...yum.
Many traditional dishes are made when family comes together this is a way of celebrating our culture and the strongest way just to that. Sharing with family is the most exiting and popular tradition in our culture. Usually in our culture those of your family who can attend visit every 5 or so weeks and some times sneak in presents for the kids.