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Encebollado
Encebollado ( Spanish: ''onionized'', participle of “encebollar” ''to onionize/to make in onions'') is an onion-dressed fish stew from Ecuador, where it is regarded as a national dish. Although known throughout Ecuador, the dish is most popular in the country's coastal region. It is served with boiled cassava and pickled red onion rings. A dressing of onion is prepared with fresh tomato and spices such as pepper or coriander leaves. It is commonly prepared with albacore, but tuna, billfish, or bonito may also be used. It should be served with lime, toasted corn, and banana chips known as chifles. It possibly originates from the Basque dish by the name of '' marmitako''. Encebollado is usually served with banana chips, plantains, or bread as side dishes. It may be garnished with lime juice and chili sauce. People in Ecuador eat it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Restaurants that sell only this dish start serving it in the early morning. It is a common cure for chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ecuadorian Dishes And Foods
This is a list of Ecuadorian dishes and foods. The cuisine of Ecuador is diverse, varying with altitude, agricultural conditions, and the ethnic and racial makeup of local communities. On the coast, a variety of seafood, grilled steak and chicken are served along with fried plantain, rice and beans. Stewed beef and goat are traditional too. The most traditional seafood dishes are ceviche (shrimp, mussels, oysters, fish, and others) and fish soup. Also, there are a variety of soups based on local vegetables, like sopa de queso (vegetables and white cheese) and caldo de bolas, a soup based on plantains. In the mountains the most culturally consensuated dishes are encebollado, hornado and fritada, while in the coast they are ceviche, encebollado and . Pork, chicken, beef, and ''cuy'' (guinea pig) are served with a variety of carbohydrate-rich foods, especially rice, corn, and potatoes. A popular street food in mountainous regions is '' hornado'' (roasted pig), which is often served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Dishes
A national dish is a culinary dish that is strongly associated with a particular country. A dish can be considered a national dish for a variety of reasons: * It is a staple food, made from a selection of locally available foodstuffs that can be prepared in a distinctive way, such as '' fruits de mer'', served along the west coast of France. * It contains a particular ingredient that is produced locally, such as a paprika grown in the European Pyrenees. * It is served as a festive culinary tradition that forms part of a cultural heritage—for example, barbecues at summer camp or fondue at dinner parties—or as part of a religious practice, such as Korban Pesach or Iftar celebrations. * It has been promoted as a national dish, by the country itself, such as the promotion of fondue as a national dish of Switzerland by the Swiss Cheese Union (Schweizerische Käseunion) in the 1930s. National dishes are part of a nation's identity and self-image. During the age of European e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Onion Dishes
This list consists of notable dishes and foods in which onion is used as a primary ingredient. Onions are widely used in cooking. They are very versatile and can be baked, boiled, braised, grilled, fried, roasted, sautéed or eaten raw. Onion dishes * * – consists of one large onion which is cut to resemble a flower, which is then battered and deep-fried * – is a common type of Argentine pizza, originating in Buenos Aires, that consists of a thick pizza crust topped with onions, cheese, and sometimes olives. * * * * Creamed onion * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** * * * * * * File:Blooming onion.jpg, A blooming onion with dipping sauce File:Spring onion pancake 2013.JPG, Cong you bing File:Fried onion(iran)2.jpg, Fried onions in Iran File:Higado encebollado.jpg, Liver and onions File:Onion Fritters Peyaji.jpg, Onion fritters (Peyaji) are a Bengali dish made with onions File:Roasted onion gravy.jpg, Roasted onion gravy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chifle
Chifles, fried plantain chips, are a side dish, snack food, or finger food of Ecuador, Thailand, and Peru. In Ecuador The cuisine of Ecuador is based on different uses of fried bananas, such as the chifle, which serves as a companion in the Ecuadorian breakfast. The chifle is consumed in soups such as encebollado and in cold dishes such as ceviche. In Ecuador there is the salt and sweet chifle with Banchis as main brands for the city of Quito and Tortolines de inalecsa that covers the Guayaquil market consuming many of other brands throughout the country. Process An incision is made in the peel the full length of the plantain, and the peel is removed by hand. The plantains are immediately placed in salt water. Then the plantain is cut into thin slices, either across (round slices, like chips), or lengthwise (strips). The plantain slices are cooked in hot oil until golden and crispy. Then they are seasoned with salt. A more crispy variety of chifle is prepared and pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime (fruit)
A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime (color), lime green in colour, in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles. There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (''Citrus aurantiifolia''), Persian lime, kaffir lime, finger lime, blood lime, and Citrus glauca, desert lime. Limes are a rich source of vitamin C, are sour, and are often used to accent the flavours of foods and beverages. They are grown year-round. Plants with fruit called "limes" have diverse genetic origins; limes do not form a monophyletic group. The term ''lime'' originated in other languages (from French language, French , from Arabic , from Persian language, Persian , ). Plants known as "lime" The difficulty in identifying exactly which species of fruit are called lime in different parts of the English-speaking world (the same problem applies to synonyms in other European languages) is increased by the botanical complexity of the ''Citru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuadorian Soups
Ecuadorians () are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Ecuadorian''. Numerous indigenous cultures inhabited what is now Ecuadorian territory for several millennia before the expansion of the Inca Empire in the fifteenth century. The Las Vegas culture of coastal Ecuador is one of the oldest cultures in the Americas. The Valdivia culture is another well-known early Ecuadorian culture. Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century, as did sub-Saharan Africans who were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic by Spaniards and other Europeans. The modern Ecuadorian population is principally descended from these three ancestral groups. As of the 2022 census, 77.5% of the population identified as Mestizo, a mix of Spanish and Indigenous American ancestry, up from 71.9% in 2000. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangover
A hangover is the experience of various unpleasant physiological and psychological effects usually following the consumption of alcohol (beverage), alcohol, such as wine, beer, and liquor. Hangovers can last for several hours or for more than 24 hours. Typical symptoms of a hangover may include headache, Somnolence, drowsiness, weakness, concentration problems, Xerostomia, dry mouth, dizziness, fatigue (medical), fatigue, muscle ache, gastrointestinal distress (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), Anorexia (symptom), absence of hunger, Photophobia, light sensitivity, Depression (mood), depression, Perspiration, sweating, hyper-excitability, high blood pressure, irritability, and Anxiety attack, anxiety. While the causes of a hangover are still poorly understood, several factors are known to be involved including acetaldehyde accumulation, changes in the immune system and glucose metabolism, dehydration, metabolic acidosis, disturbed prostaglandin synthesis, increased cardiac out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmitako
Tuna pot, marmitako in Basque Country and marmita, marmite or sorropotún in Cantabria is a fish stew that was eaten on tuna fishing boats in the Cantabrian Sea. Today it is a simple dish with tuna, potatoes, onions, peppers, and tomatoes. The original French word ''marmite'' is a metal pot with lid. This French word ''marmite'' or the Spanish equivalent ''marmita'' gives name to the dish in the East and Central Coast of Cantabria while the Cantabrian word ''sorropotún'' is used in the West Coast. ''Marmitako'' in Basque language Basque ( ; ) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Basque ... means 'from the pot'. History Tuna pot was eaten by Basque fishermen during fishing season. As they stayed a long time at sea, the food used to go bad, so they ate the tuna they fished with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basques
The Basques ( or ; ; ; ) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a Basque culture, common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians. Basques are indigenous peoples, indigenous to, and primarily inhabit, an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country ()—a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France. Etymology The English word ''Basque'' may be pronounced or and derives from the French ''Basque'' (), itself derived from Gascon language, Gascon ''Basco'' (pronounced ), cognate with Spanish ''Vasco ''(pronounced ). Those, in turn, come from Latin ''Vascō'' (pronounced ; plural ''Vascones, Vascōnēs''—see #History, history section below). The Latin generally betacism, evolved into the bilabials and in Gascon and Spanish, probably under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Stew
Fish stew is a stew with a soup base or ingredient of fish as food. List Types of fish stew from around the world include: * '' Asam Pedas'' ( Indonesian) and ( Malaysian) * ''Bouillabaisse'' ( Provençal fish stew originating from Marseille, France) * ''Bourride'' (another fish stew from Provence) * '' Brudet'' ( Italian, from Adriatic Sea) * ''Buridda'' (Italian, from Liguria) * '' Cacciucco'' (Italian, from Livorno) * '' Caldeirada'' ( Portuguese) * '' Caldo de mariscos'' ( Mexican) stew, also known as ''caldo de siete mares'' * ''Chepa pulus'' (tamarind-based South Indian fish stew from Andhra Pradesh) * Cioppino (San Francisco version of an Italian fish stew) * '' Cotriade'' (from Brittany) * Fish head curry * ''Ghalieh mahi'' ( Persian) * '' Haemul jeongol'' ( Korean) * '' Halászlé'' ( Hungarian paprika-based river fish soup) * '' Kokotxas'' (a traditional Basque fish stew) * '' Maeuntang'' (spicy Korean soup) * ''Meen Kuḻambu'' (traditional Tamil Kuzhambu stew, mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
