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Pachamanca (from Quechua pacha "earth", manka "pot") is a traditional Peruvian dish baked with the aid of hot stones. The earthen oven is known as a huatia. It is generally made of lamb, mutton, alpaca, llama, guanaco, vicuna, pork, beef, chicken, or guinea pig, marinated in herbs and spices.
Huminta (from Quechua umint'a [1]), huma [2] (from Quechua possibly uma head) or humita (possibly employing the Spanish diminutive -ita) is a Peruvian dish that dates back to pre-Hispanic times. A traditional food from the Peruvian Andes , it can be found in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Argentina.
Locro or lojro [1] (from the Quechua ruqru) [2] is a hearty thick squash or potato stew, associated with Native Andean civilizations, and popular along the Andes mountain range. It is one of the national dishes of Peru, Bolivia, [3] Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Northwest Argentina and Southwestern Colombia.
The origins of the recipe for this dish date back to Lima, the capital of Peru, during the 1950s. Two Swiss citizens who were Peruvian residents, Roger Shuler and Franz Ulrich, invented and registered the patent (1950) for the machine to cook the chicken on the grill, a mechanical system of planetary rotation in that the chickens rotating on ...
The Bolivian anticucho is a dish based on thin beef heart fillets marinated in spices, oil, and vinegar, cooked on skewers and over charcoal, and then served hot, mainly accompanied by roast potatoes and spicy sauce or peanut llajua. The anticucho is widely known as one of the favorite night delicacies dishes in innumerable parts of Bolivia.
Papas rellenas (English: stuffed potatoes) are a popular type of croquettes in Latin American regions such as Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and the Caribbean (more so in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic). [1] [2] [3]
Inca cuisine originated in pre-Columbian times within the Inca civilization from the 13th to the 16th century. The Inca civilization stretched across many regions on the western coast of South America (specifically Peru), and so there was a great diversity of unique plants and animals used for food.
The Bolivian Orocline is a seaward-concave bending in the coast of South America and the Andes Mountains at about 18° S. [6] [7] At this point, the orientation of the Andes turns from northwest in Peru to south in Chile and Argentina. [7]