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Guinea pig and pepper potatoes
Local dish of its production is made with potatoes (potatoes), cuy (guinea pig) and is accompanied by aji, the same can be found in the routes of entry to the town of Canar, to more than is typical of the traditional holiday celebrations or sector.
Gastronomy
Chili
The Canari indigenous peasant, knows different ways to prepare the chili, which changes from one another by the strong and the use of different inputs.
Among the kinds of chili in the Canar have three main meat chili, chili of curd (cheese) and pepper zambo. (Cucurbitaceae)
Pepa pepper Preparation Zambo
To prepare the chili zambo, first used the seed of clubfoot, as long as the state fruit is ripe, after having obtained a good portion, the seeds, put them to dry in the sun, once the grain is dry proceed to clear the seed coat or layer surrounding the endosperm. Then he proceeds to toast the endosperm or the remaining part of the seed, then grind the seed and this is deposited on the fruit of the pepper, thus obtaining a hot product. The fruit of pepper are added depending on what people need, as in the case of children not placed any amount of chili. The chilli is usually consumed in Kanari mingas the farm work and all the dishes or meals.
Preparation of Chicha de Jora
The process begins with the germination of corn condition is achieved as follows: corn is to place five days in the water to soak, then place it on a bed of ragwort altamizo and flavor to the jora Above this bed becomes nag match for the moisture and provide the bud placed the corn leaves back to cover items nag, ragwort and then above this the altamizo.
After eight days the corn is removed and germinated in the sun. Once it is dry roasted and ground to this flour is known as jora that is shown is the result of outbreaks originating from the embryo of the seed.
This flour is subjected to a cooking process and then placed in 50-liter vats where the fermentation will be fulfilled. During cooking it forms a kind of cream that goes by the name of Ticti very nice, it is very sweet and is eaten as a first product in the preparation of the chicha.
The longer the fermentation process the higher the alcoholic content of the drink that is occupied at every party that celebrates the people Cañari.
The chicha is a sacred drink, offered and consumed in planting, weeding, hilling, at parties, etc.
