Typical Food Of Colombia

EMPANADAS AND AREPAS Empanadas

• The empanadas are characterized for the crunchy cover of flour of corn. And inside are stuffed with meat, rice, chicken, potato…You eat it with ají, (spicy salsa).

• The empanadas and the arepas are the most popular food eaten by Colombians

Arepas• The Europeans say, the arepas are

the bread of Colombians, because the people eat them, with the same frequency, as other countries eat bread. The arepas are made with dough of corn but you can fill it with cheese, meat, chicken, eggs… Depending on the arepa you may put butter and salt.

BANDEJA PAISA AND SANCOCHOBANDEJA PAISA

• Is a food typical of the zone of Antioquia. It is another food very typical of Colombia. The bandeja Paisa,is identified by the size and the many foods it is composed of.It has: meat, egg, rice, avocado, plantain (macho) , beans (frijoles), sausage (chorizo), arepa and tocino.

SANCOCHO• The Sancocho is a type of “soup”.

It has: chicken, meat, carrots, plantain (macho verde), corn, onion, yuca (is a type of vegetable, typical in many foods of Colombia), potato, potato criolla (is a type of potato but is smaller and is yellow), and cilantro.

ALMOJABANA AND PANDEBONOALMOJABANA

• The almojabana is a”sweet” product, and made with flour ,a lot of cheese, sugar and butter. It is a type of round “bread”. And it is typical in the zone of Bogotá (the capital).

PANDEBONO• This food is delicious to eat

with avena (a drink), normally it is eaten at lunch. It is made with flour of yuca, flour of corn, cheese and eggs. Also it is round, like almojábanas.

LECHONA AND TAMALES LECHONA

• The lechona is the most popular food in Colombia, normally it is prepared for parties, Christmas or New Year and other events...It is from the zone Andina (Tolima), it is a pig filled with it’s own meat, rice, beans. It is so delicious!!!

TAMALESThe tamales are another food typical at Christmas. They are usually eaten for breakfast or for a main course, and are always delicious accompanied by a chocolate drink and bread. It is made with a special dough for tamales. And also has: leg of chicken, meat of pig, rice, beans, carrots, potatoes, egg, and stew with different things. And it is wrapped in leaf of plantain.

MANJAR BLANCO AND BOCADILLO OF GUAYABAManjar Blanco or

Arequipe• The Manjar Blanco or arequipe

is a sweet, made with milk and sugar cane, also it’s more typical to eat at Christmas. It is delicious!! Usually it is put in a totuma (a fruit of the tree totumo, it is a type of shell)

BOCADILLO OF GUAYABA • It is a sweet from the

fruit guayaba, usally eaten with cheese. But it can also be eaten with another thing or alone.

OTHER DESSERTS OF COLOMBIA

CHOLAOMILHOJAS COCADAS

PASTEL GLORIA

ARM OF QUEEN

MANTECADA

BREVAS WITH AREQUIPE

CAKE THREE MILKS

FRUITS ONLY FOUND IN COLOMBIA

Carambola  Curuba Granadilla 

Guanábana 

Lulo

Pitahaya 

Tomate de Árbol 

Uchuva 

Zapote 

NATILLA AND BUÑUELOS

BUÑUELOS

• The natilla and buñuelos, are the most typical foods eaten at CHRISTMAS. The buñuelos are a type of cheese bread, and it is made with flour of corn, and cheese,it is round. And the natilla is a sweet, it is made with milk, panela and flour of corn, also it is made with arequipe or coconut. NATILLA

GLOBALLY, COLOMBIA IS THE COUNTRY FIRST IN COFFEE PRODUCTION AND THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF MILD COFFEE IN THE WORLD

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