Tarma, a beautiful town located four hours from Lima, with good weather and friendly people. Tarma is synonymous tourism as well as good food and creativity. That is why last Sunday Tourism office Township, successfully organized for the third time guinea pig food festival in the Plaza de Armas.
This festival brought together chefs and cooks, culinary students who showed multiple dishes at their tables based on this highly nutritious rodent. The same could be acquired by tourists and locals.
is because the Tarma love cuy, as stated by one of the speakers, Martin Quist. To this point we can say that "we cuyseros ." eat at least two to three times a week cu prepared dishes and said, as we raise them here and is an ideal dish to combat malnutrition and high cholesterol.
Among the most requested dishes at the festival were spicy guinea pig, due to male guinea pig ceviche, wrapping of guinea pig, guinea pig ravioli jumped, lawa holy chactado guinea pig, pot , among others.
Lawa The powerful Santa, a former 7-grain dish
One of the oldest and most traditional dishes of Tarma is the Lawa Santa. This is a very powerful kind of soup, which has among its ingredients 7 types of grains like chickpeas, wheat, quinoa and a variety of white corn, yellow and alverjita, plus guinea pig and pig. Highlighting finally saborcito to huacatay.
Picante de cuy, very delicious
Juliana, is a cook of many years. See us go and despite being very busy serving calls us to see the local dish which is very proud. Tarma said that the more like spicy guinea pig and that is why there is so much at your table with this dish which sold like hot cakes at the festival.
The first guinea pig I usually boiled and then fried with corn flour in a large pot with eucalyptus wood. The potato has a red chili sauce and peanuts.
plate exposure: the guinea pig Winding Tarmatambina
Among the ingredients of this dish are: Cuy boning, oil, carrots, peas, ground beef, onion, egg, raisins, olives , parsley, garlic, pepper, salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
guinea pig Filling preparation: Put in a saucepan and cook the oil, onion, garlic and red pepper. Brown. Add ground beef, peas, carrot. Seasoning, adding salt, pepper to taste.
plate exposure: guinea pig ravioli
Plate Exposure: Cause to male guinea
plate exposure: pot
plate exposure: Ceviche de cuy
