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A great variety of cassava-based dishes are consumed in the regions where cassava (Manihot esculenta, also called 'manioc' or 'yuca') is cultivated. Manihot esculenta is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.
Picada or Picada Colombiana is a Colombian cuisine dish [1] prepared with pieces of steak, chicken, arepa, potato, yuca , morcilla, chorizo, chicharron, carne de cerdo and plantain. The ingredients are usually fried. The word picada means chopped in Spanish. [2]
Tortitas de yuca, yuca latke; Chancletas de güisquil, sweet chayote covered in whipped egg whites and then fried; Arroz con leche, the Spanish version of rice pudding; Atol de elote, sweet corn atole; Buñuelos, torrejas y molletes, different kinds of sweet bread soaked in syrup, which may or may not have a filling
Two other typical Salvadoran dishes are yuca frita and panes rellenos. Yuca frita is deep-fried cassava root served with curtido (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and chicharron with pepesca (fried baby sardines). The yuca is sometimes served boiled instead of fried. Panes rellenos ("stuffed bread") are warm submarine sandwiches ...
Arroz con coco: rice with coconut and raisins Butifarras soledeñas: sausage from Soledad, Atlántico: Carimañola: yuca fritter stuffed with ground meat, onion and seasonings Chicharron: deep fried pork rind Chunchullo: pig, lamb, cow's small intestine Empanadas: small fritters, made with a mixture of shredded meat, pork, beef, or chicken ...
Arroz con dulce – rice pudding made with long-grain rice, milk, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, star anis, clove, and nutmeg. Buñuelos de bacalao – a codfish fritter popular throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Also known as bacalaíto in the Dominican Republic, a name borrowed from Puerto Rico. Crème caramel – sweet egg custard known ...
Chicharrón is made of pork ribs seasoned with garlic, oregano and lemon. It is boiled then cooked in its own fat, adding beer or chicha to the pot for more flavor. Pork chicharrón is normally served only on Sundays and is eaten with llajwa, a tomato salsa, and mote, a type of corn ().
Two other typical Salvadoran dishes are yuca frita and panes rellenos. Yuca frita, which is deep fried cassava root served with curtido (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and pork rinds with pescaditas (fried baby sardines). The yuca is sometimes served boiled instead of fried. Panes con Pavo (turkey sandwiches) are warm turkey ...