Lima Metropolitana
 
 

The following list contains typical dishes from the city:

  • Cebiche: raw fish filet cut into pieces and marinated in lime juice, onions, and aji (hot pepper).
  • Escabeche: pieces of fish or chicken marinated in vinegar and steamed with plenty of onions.
  • Carapulcra: boiled dehydrated potatoes made into a stew with pork and chicken, aji panca and mirasol (hot peppers), garlic, and other spices.
  • Cau-cau: cow stomach stew with potatoes, palillo (a spice similar to turmeric), and mint.
  • Anticuchos: grilled brochettes of beef heart, macerated in vinegar and aji panca (hot pepper).
  • Lomo saltado: beef tenderloin slices, sautéed with onions, tomatoes, aji (hot peppers), and other spices. It is served with French fries and rice.
  
Ají de Gallina
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  • Ají de gallina: a chicken stew made with cream, cheese, aji (hot pepper), and peanuts.
  • Causa rellena: mashed yellow potatoes seasoned with aji (hot pepper) and filled with tuna or chicken.
  • Choros a la chalaca: mussels covered with diced onions and aji (hot pepper) and seasoned with lemon juice.
  • Tacu-tacu: Mixture of beans and rice, fried, and topped with breaded and pan-fried steak and an onion salsa.
  • Parihuela: concentrated soup of fish and shellfish.
  • Sancochado: boiled beef with corn, sweet potatoe, carrots, cabbage, yucca, and potatoes.
  • Pescado a la chorrillana: fried fish in a tomato, onion, and white wine salsa.
  • Pescado a lo macho: fried fish in a shellfish sauce with aji (hot pepper) and garlic.
  
Causa Rellena
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Traditional desserts:

  • Mazamorra morada: pudding-like dessert made from purple corn flour and fresh and dried fruits.
  • Suspiro a la limeña: meringue with manjar blanco and vanilla.
  • Turrón de Doña Pepa: pan cookie dough with butter, bathed in sugar syrup and hard candies.
  • Picarones: doughnut-like pastries of sweet potato and squash flour, bathed in sugar or corn syrup.
  
Suspiro de Limeña
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Traditional drinks:
  • Chicha morada: alcohol-free drink of purple corn juice.
  • Pisco sour: unsurpassed typical Peruvian cocktail made with a pisco, lime and egg-white.

 

 

 

 

 


  
 
   

 

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