The Colombian Cuisine

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 Cattle Guava (Psidium cattleyanum) is a
small tree bearing small red or yellow fruits,
which are closely related to the common
guava. The whole fruit including the thin
skin and fruity inside can be eaten, both soft
and tasty.

Carambola, also called starfruit, is fully edible

including the slightly waxy skin. Its crunchy,
firm, and extremely juicy. Theyre best to
consume right after they ripen, when they are
Bactris gasipaes, peach- palm, is also a yellow with a slight shine of green.
palm native and brings a diverse range
of fruits in color and quality. Soursop (guanabana)
Furthermore has the fruit an extremely is an evergreen tree
high level of Vitamin A and it needs to native to Central
be cooked for 3- 5 hours before America. Its said to
consumption. minimize the spread
of cancer.
 Passiflora is a species of passion flowers which is
cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas. The
passion fruit is a type of berry, round to oval, with a
firm to soft interior with lots of seeds.

Tamarillo (tree tomato) is a small tree in the

flowering plant with an egg-shaped edible fruit. It is
about 4-10cm long and the colors vary from yellow
and orange to almost purple. The textre is firm and it
contains more and larger seeds than a normal
tomato.

Sweet Granadilla is a fruit of orange to yellow color. It

is round with a tip ending in the stem. The shell is
hard and slippery and has soft paddings on the inside
to protect the seeds. The seeds are black and hard,
and surrounded by a transparent gelatinous sphere
 Rubus glaucus (also
called mora) is a
species of blackberry
found in Latin
America. Its about
15-25mm in diameter
and is rich in vitamin
C, calcium and
Pitaya (dragon fruit) is phosphorus. Taste Feijoa (pineapple) is a
a fruit from the genus might be bittersweet flowering plant. The
Stenocereus. The and its commonly used fruit is green and about
fruit's texture is for juices, nectars, the size of a chicken
sometimes likened to shakes, jams, jellies egg. It has a sweet,
that of the kiwifruit etc. aromatic flavor, which
because of its black,
tastes like pineapple,
crunchy seeds. The
apple and mint. The
flesh, which is eaten
flesh is juicy and
raw, is mildly sweet
divided into a
and low in calories. The
gelatinous and a firmer
seeds are eaten
part near the skin.
together with the flesh,
they have a nutty taste
and are rich in lipids.
 Concerning to Mark
Twain Cherimoyas
are called the most
delicious fruit known
to man. Its creamy
texture give it the
name custard apple.

Aiphanes horrida
Mamoncillo is a fruit- (corozo) is a native palm,
bearing tree in the whose fruits are rich in
soapberry family. carotene and are eaten
Its also commonly in Colombia while the
called Spanish lime. seeds are used for
making candles.

Banana passionfruit
is a passionfruit in
the shape of a small
banana.
 Lulo is a subtropical
plant from
northwestern South
America, which
grows throughout the
whole year The fruit
has a citrus flavor
Mango is a juicy and the juice of the Borojoa patinoi (boroj)
stone fruit. The lulo is often used as a is a small rainforest
majority is found as juice or for a drink tree, one of the few with
wild mangoes in called lulada. edible fruits. Borojo has
tropical trees and high levels of protein,
this fruit is native to ascorbic acid, calcium
South Asia, whereas and iron and very high
still in Colombia its a levels of phosphorus
common fruit. The and is used in the
hedgehog style is a preparation of jam,
way of preparation. wine, desserts and
traditional medicines.
 Empanada is a Almojabanas is a
type of bread made
stuffed bread or
with cuajada cheese
pastry baked or fried. and corn flour.
They are made by
folding dough or
break stuffing with a
variety of meat,
cheese, vegetables,
fruits and others.

Carimaolas are
meat-pies in the
shape of a torpedo,
which are stuffed
Buuelos is a fried with cheese, ground
dough ball and meat or shredded
consumed as a sweet chicken and then
snack. It often fried.
contains a topping or
filling.
 Arepas is a type of food made of
ground maize dough or cooked
flour prominent. It is mostly
served with cheese but also with
various different
accompaniments such as
avocado, eggs, ham or split. It is
one of the most famous and
popular snacks on the Colombian
streets and especially for
breakfast.
Pandebono is a type of
bread made of flour,
cassava starch, cheese
and eggs and is mostly
consumed with hot
chocolate.

Pan de queso is a
traditional bread made
with tapioca flour and
grated cheese. It can be
filled with cream
cheese or jelly.
 Pan de Yuca is
similar to Pan de
queso and bono but
only consists of
yucca flour and
cheese.

Roscn is a sweet bread ringed dessert

filled with guaba paste. The Roscon de
Reyes for example is a much fancier,
larger and decorated version with more
things on top.
Butifarras soledeas
is a sausage which is Suero is similar to
made from ground sour cream and
beef and pork with accompanies many
spices (especially salt side dishes.
and pepper). The
meat is cut into
pieces and boiled.

Queso Blanco is a
creamy, soft, and mild
unaged white cheese.
 Patacones is a Aborrajado is a
sweet snack of side dish or
double fried appetizer of deep
plantain slices fried plantains
which are made stuffed with
out of one sort of cheese. It also
banana. They contrains milk,
are also called eggs, sugar, flour
tostones. and salt.

Hogao is a sauce made out of round onions,

long green onions, tomatoes, garlic, cumin,
salt and pepper that are fried during the
process. Its used for meats, arepas, rice and
other dishes.

Arroz con coco

soaking white rice
in coconut milk or
cooked with
coconut flakes.
 Asado Bogotano refers basically to the happening of
a barbecue. Meat is put on a grill or an open fire and
its also considered to be done as a social event
with lots of people. Depending on which region or
other country it is performed with salads or other
vegetables.

Bandeja Paisas main characteristics are red

beans cooked with pork, white rice, carne molida
(ground meet), chicharrn, fried egg, plantain,
chorizo (sausage), arepa, hogao sauce, black
pudding, avocado and lemon.

Ajiaco is a soup very popular in Colombia. It is

made with chicken, three varieties of potatoes
and vegetables and a spice herb called
Galinsoga, which is also referred to potato
weed.
 Picada is a mixed
plate of fried meat
and vegetables. It
comes with pieces of
fried plantain and
offers a various
choice of little
Mondongo is a soup snacks. It is perfect Tamales is a
made from diced for sharing in often Mesoamerican dish
tribe, which is the served at parties. made of masa (starchy
belly of a cow or pig. dough, usualy corn-
It is slow-cooked with based), which is
a combination of steamed in a corn-
different vegetables husk or banana leaf.
such as bell peppers, The wrapping is
onions, carrots, discarded and the
cabbage, celery, tamales can be filled
tomatoes, cilantro with meats, cheese,
etc. fruits, vegetables and
more.
Sancocho is a traditional Changua is a soup half
soup with stew, which out of water, half out of
has a great variety of milk. After this started
dishes. It is served with boiling an egg is cracked
meat, tubers and in and boiled for another
vegetables served in a minute. Its served with
broth. scallions and bread.

Cuchuco is also a soup Lechona is a preparation

made with corn, barley consisting of a roast pig
or wheat and mashed stuffed, yellow peas, green
beans. It is usually onion, yellow rice and
eaten with pork, peas, spices cooked in an
carrot, potatoes, garlic, outdoor brick for about ten
onions etc. hours.
 Pastel de Gloria is a puff
pastry containing guava
jelly and sometimes
cheese inside, sprinkled
with granulated sugar.

Arequipe is a confection Arroz con leche is a dish

prepared by slowly heating made from rice mixed
sweetened milk to create a with water or milk and
substance that derives its other ingredient such as
taste from the Maillard sugar, cinnamon and
reaction, changing flavor raisins.
and color.
 Leche asada is a popular dessert in South
America and made out of milk. Translated it
means burnt milk and it can be compared to
a caramel pudding.

Cocadas are a traditional coconut candy, which

are oven-baked but are served at room
temperature to provide the chewy and soft
texture. Made out of eggs and shredded coconut,
and depending on food coloring they come in a
varios of colors

Enyucado is a Colombian cassava cake,

made with ground boiled yucca, anise,
sugar and sometimes guava jam. On the
Caribbean side, where it originates it is also
roasted, fried or boiled.
 Bocadillo de guayaba
Milhoja is a dessert (Guava Jelly) is a
made with sticked Colombian
layers of puff pastry confectionery made
filled with areqipe or with guava pulp and
white chocolate. panela.

Tres leches cake is a dessert also called

a three milks bread. It is like a sponge
cake sometimes butter cake called
which is soaked in three different kinds
of milk.
 Merenguitos is a type
of dessert made of
whipped egg whites
and sugar and
occasionally an acid
Oblea is a Colombian
such as lemon
dessert eaten in
vinegar or cream of
South America with
Flan is an open tartar.
arequipe or dulce de
pastry or sponge cake leche between thin
containing sweet or wafers. They may
savory filling. The also contain jam,
typical one is round, cheese, fruits or
with short crust whipped cream and
pastry and coated might be
with sweet syrup. decoratedwith
marmalade,
chocolate, raspberry
sauce or more.
 Chicha is a common drink in South America. It
differs depending on the country, can be
fermented and non-fermented and usually
derived from maize. Chicha includes corn beer
known as chichi de jora and non-alcoholic
beverages such as chichi morada. It can also be
made from manioc root (yucca or cassava),
grapes, apples or many other fruits.
In Colombia Chicha usually consists of maize,
yucca, quinoa, pineapple, ice and potatoes, but of
course other variations exist. During
celebrations, people drink this refreshing and
nutritious preparation, but also in urban areas it
can be consumed in some bars and restaurants.

Canelazo is a hot beverage consumed in the

Andean highlands of Northern and Central South
America. It consists of aguardiente, sugar or
panela and agua de canela (water boiled with
cinnamon). Its usually made with homemade
aguardiente, but bottled one is also used and on
the edges of the glas or cup, sugar is placed.
 Guarapo is a non-
alcoholic drink made of
cane sugar. It is
especially consumed in
summer as a
refreshment and
energizer.

Masato is a drink made

Sabojn is a sweet and
out of yucca, rice, corn
creamy alcoholic drink from
and pine nuts. It is
the Cordillera Oriental. It is
prepared by fermenting
made from eggs and milk
the ingredients with
with added flavors and juice
water in a pot for
of fruits and liqueur on half
approximately 8 days
or less concentration.
until it starts to foam.
 Aguardiente is an Viche is an alcoholic
anise-flavored drink of Afro-
liqueur derived from Colombians made up
sugar cane. It with unripe
consists between 24% sugarcanes. It was
- 29% alcohol. Its used to cure ill people
one of the most especially for
popular drinks in stomach pain or
Colombia. snake bites.
 Coca tea, also called mate de coca, is
a herbal tea made unsing the raw
leaves of the coca plant. It is
greenish yellow and has a mild bitter
flavor with an organic sweetness. It
is consumed as a medecin as well as
coping with higher altitude.

Aguapanela is a common drink in

Colombia. It is an infusion made
from panela, which derives from
hardened sugar cane juice.