Traditional high Andean cuisine / Allin Mikuy, Sumak Mikuy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mikuy, Allin.

Contributor:

Mikuy, Sumak.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian cooking--Andes Region.

Indian cooking.

Indians of South America--Food--Andes Region.

Indians of South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chile : FAO, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The vast geographical extension and specific soil and climate conditions of the Andes have produced an especially rich flora and fauna. In these regions, important pre-Colombian civilizations developed, whose diverse ethnic groups learned to work the land and develop efficient agricultural systems adapted to the region's variable--and at times extreme--climatic conditions. The social, economic and cultural cohesion they achieved was based on the production of a broad variety of traditional crops including tubers, roots, cereals, vegetables, fruits and the raising of animals such as guinea pigs and South American camelids. Indigenous people account for more than 30% of the population in Andean countries and 90% of them depend on traditional farming both for their livelihoods and as a direct source of food. The productive systems that they inherited from their ancestors - and which they have since jealously preserved and developed - offer important biological and technological advantages. Strengthening these systems is one of the main challenges facing those who seek to fight poverty in the region, which affects more than 80% of the population and condemns more than 45% of infants to conditions of chronic malnutrition. Reviving traditional products and ancestral knowledge associated with national/regional cooking makes it possible to expand the food base, improve nutritional conditions and food security, and to generate additional sources of income for rural households. Without a doubt these crops are of great nutritional value, are highly adaptable to severe environmental conditions, and greatly enhance the value of family farming, especially in the case of indigenous peoples.

Contents:

""38. PAPA RELLENA CON CUY / Potato stuffed with cuy""""39. TORTILLA DE FLOR DE NABO / Fried fish & field mustard blossom cakes""; ""40. RELLENO DE FLOR DE NABO / Field mustard blossom stuffing""; ""41. HUANCAINA DE NABO / Huancayo-style field mustard blossom sauce""; ""42. TORTILLA DE HOJA DE NABO / Field mustard tortilla""; ""43. ENSALADA DE HOJA DE NABO / Field mustard-leaf salad""; ""44. PANQUEQUE DE PAPA / Potato and fish pancakes""; ""Soups ""; ""1. SOPA DE MELLOCOS / MELLOCO SOUP""; ""2. CHUPE DE MELLOCOS / MELLOCO STEW""; ""3. SOPA DE QUINUA / QUINOA CHOWDER""

""4. SOPA DE QUINUA DESMENUZADOS / Fluffed quinoa soup""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2013).

ISBN:

92-5-106524-1