Gastronomic Tips

Below is a list of representative dishes of the region:

1. Seco de chabelo: beef jerky or dried beef stew with sweetened bananas.
2. Seco de cabrito con frijoles: stew made of tender baby goat meat marinated in chicha de jora (a fermented corn liquor whose origin dates back to the time before the Incas) and accompanied with beans seasoned with fried onions and garlic.
3. Cebiche: raw fish filet cut into pieces and marinated in lemon juice, onions, and aji (hot pepper).
4. Majado de yucca con chicharron: Cooked and crushed yucca with aji (hot pepper) and accompanied with chicharron (fried pork rinds).
5. Chifles: Fried banana chips.
6. Natilla: a typical dessert made from goats milk, chancaca (sugar syrup), and very fine rice flour.
7. Chicha de Jora: boiled and fermented corn in mud vats.