Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Peru-Comida

Comida means food

Ceviche is one of the most famous Peruvian foods. Ceveche is made of fish, citrus, onions, tomatoes, chili, salt, oregano, Tabasco, cilantro, avocado and tortilla chips.

Find the recipe at http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/ceviche/



Another famous Peruvian recipe is called the Tacu-Tacu. Tacu-Tacus have beans, Pork, rice, onions, garlic, and various spices. find the recipe at http://www.theperuguide.com/gastronomy/peruvian_cuisine_recipes/tacu_tacu.html
For my class, I made tacu tacu. It was really good. But since Peru is such a poor country, they put whatever they have in it. That is why they have so many recipes. Mine is at http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee270/celebritybodygossip/DietRecipesBlog/peruvian-tacu-tacu-recipe.jpg&imgrefurl=http://dietrecipesblog.com/2008/11/13/peruvian-tacu-tacu-recipe-195-calories/&usg=__v8n2f5_gxwklXFfb8Dl1DhbrQ6M=&h=375&w=500&sz=197&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=UPa4xJzQPTZI1M:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtacu-tacu%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 Long web name!






This is called escabeche of corvina. It has fish, onion, lemon juice, celery, cilantro, and peppers.
It is a fairly well-known Peruvian dish. Plus It looks delicious. Find the recipe at http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4192/recipes.html.