San Martin Cuisine
The Best of San Martin Peru Cuisine
The following list highlights some typical dishes of San Martin:
- Juanes de arroz: Chicken mixed with rice seasoned with spices and, wrapped in banana leaves.
- Inchicapi: Chicken soup with peanuts, cilantro, and yucca.
- Avispa juane: Chopped pork, mixed with garlic and spices, bound with egg and flour; this is boiled and wrapped in achira leaves like a tamale.
- Tacacho con cecina: Crushed bananas mixed with lard then baked or fried. It is served with dry meat.
- Chunchulijuane: Mashed yucca, cilantro, and chicken innards, wrapped in banana leaves.
- Chontajuane: Mashed chonta, palm, and paiche (fish), wrapped in banana leaves.
- Sarajuane: Mashed corn and peanut filled with pork, wrapped in banana leaves .
Traditional drinks
- Masato: Drink made of cooked, crushed, and fermented yucca, with sweet potato or sugar added.
- Chuchuhuasi: Cordial made from a bitter and astringent root, very popular in western Peru.
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