Nicaraguan cuisine

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Nicaraguan cuisine includes a mixture of the indigenous Miskito people, Spanish cuisine and Creole cuisine. When the Spaniards first arrived in Nicaragua they found that the Creole people present had incorporated foods available in the area into their cuisine.[1] Despite the blending and incorporation of pre-Columbian and Spanish influenced cuisine, traditional cuisine differs on the Pacific and the Caribbean coast. While the Pacific coast's main staple revolves around local fruits and corn, the Caribbean coast's cuisine makes use of seafood and coconut.

Cuisine

Main staples

corn is a staple food in Nicaragua

As in many other Latin American countries, corn is a main staple. Corn is used in many of the widely consumed dishes, such as nacatamal, and indio viejo. Corn is not only used in food; it is also an ingredient for drinks such as pinolillo and chicha as well as in sweets and desserts. Other staples are rice and beans. Rice will be eaten when corn is not and beans are consumed as a cheap protein by the majority of Nicaraguans. It is common for rice and beans to be eaten as a breakfast dish. There are many meals including these two staples; one popular dish, Gallo Pinto, is often served as breakfast, sometimes with eggs. Nicaraguans do not limit their diet solely to corn, rice, and beans. Many Nicaraguans will have small gardens of their own full of vegetables. They also eat flowers from time to time.

Commonly used ingredients include fruits and vegetables include: jocote, grosella, mimbro, mango, papaya, tamarind, pipian, banana, avocado, yuca, and quequisque. Herbs such as culantro, oregano and achiote are also part of the cuisine.[1]

Typical Nicaraguan dishes

Gallo pinto, or casamiento
Arroz a la valenciana

Platos (Dishes)

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Refrescos (Drinks)

Chicha morada served with pipeño

Nicaraguan cuisine makes use of fruits, some of which are only grown in that particular region due to their location. Many fruits are made into drink, such as melon, papaya, guayaba, guanábana, coconut, pina, and pitahaya, among others. Pinolillo is very popular among Nicaraguans, as many times they refer to themselves as pinoleros.[2] Many drinks are also made from grains, seeds, mixed with milk, water, sugar and ice.[3] Other drinks include:

  • Achiote con limon
  • Achiote con toronja
  • Agua de arroz
  • Arroz con Pino
  • Arroz con piña
  • Atol
  • Avena (drink)
  • Avena con leche
  • Avena con limon
  • Cacao
  • Caimito
  • Cebada
  • Cebada con limon
  • Cebada con Milca
  • Coyolito
  • Chia
  • Chicha
  • Chicha bruja
  • Chicha de caña
  • Chicha de coyol
  • Chicha de jocote
  • Chocolate
  • Espinaca (Made with spinach berries)
  • Fresco de guayabilla
  • Guabul
  • Granadilla
  • Horchata
  • Limonada cimarrona
  • Linaza
  • Linaza con tamarindo
  • Mamey (Nothing to do with sapodilla)
  • Mamon
  • Macuá (Nicaragua's national drink)
  • Nancite (Yellow cherries drink)
  • Naranja con remolachas
  • Naranja con zanahorias
  • Papalon (Beach grape drink)
  • Papaturro
  • Tiste

Postres (Desserts)

Tres leches cake
  • Almendras en miel (en jarabe)
  • Almibar o curbaza
  • Almibar de toncuá
  • Arroz en leche
  • Atol
  • Atol pujagua
  • Atolillo
  • Ayote en miel
  • Bienmesabe
  • Botellitas de miel
  • Brujas
  • Buñuelos de yuca o platano
  • Cajeta de ajonjoli
  • Cajeta de coco
  • Cajeta de coyol
  • Cajeta de leche
  • Cajeta de piña
  • Cajeta de zapoyol
  • Cosa de horno
  • Coyol en miel (en jarabe)
  • Crispeta
  • Cuznaca
  • Chiricaya
  • Dulce de leche
  • Dulce de limon (cidra)
  • Dulce de nancite
  • Dulce de naranja
  • Dulce de piña
  • Dulce de papaya
  • Dulce de toronja
  • Dulce de remolacha con zanahoria
  • Enchiclados
  • Espumillas
  • Gofio
  • Flan
  • Gofio con anis
  • Grosellas en miel (en jarabe)
  • Hicacos en miel (en jarabe)
  • Jalea de guayaba
  • Jalea de mango
  • Jalea de patriotas (bananas)
  • Jocotes cocidos
  • Leche burra
  • Maduro asado
  • Maduro en gloria
  • Maduro horneado
  • Mamones en miel (en jarabe)
  • Mazapan
  • Melcocha
  • Motas de atol
  • Nancites cocidos
  • Nancites en conserva
  • Perrerreque
  • Piñonate
  • Pio Quinto
  • Polvorón
  • Raspados
  • Requeson
  • Sopa borracha
  • Suspiros
  • Toronja en miel (en jarabe)
  • Torta de leche
  • Tres leches cake
  • Turron

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Try the culinary delights of Nicaragua cuisine". Nicaragua.com. Retrieved 2006-05-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/librev/rev/derhum/cont/44/pr/pr35.pdf
  3. ↑ Ellis, Stefanie. "Fritanga: Welcome to Nicaragua.". STLToday. Retrieved 2007-06-07.

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