Chigüil
Traditional envuelto Bolivar
Bolívar
Land of high production of corn, the main ingredient for the production of the chigüil, indispensable dish in the traditional Carnival of Guaranda.
Useful Data
The region It is located West of the Cordillera de los Andes, its capital is Guaranda. Salinas de Guaranda parish is an example of organization of community enterprises.
Weather The average temperature is 22 ° and 14° C in the Andean region in the valleys lower.
Since 1590 the mote is part of the indigenous table, they cooked it in pottery, firewood and ash, to achieve its breakup and softness. It is a dough of corn flour, stuffed with fried white onion, salt, lard and cheese, wrapped in tender corn leaves.
The origin of the name comes from the shape of how is wrapped. In the past, the newborns were called “guagua chiguil” or “chiguilitos”, since they were wrapped in a tightened belt, comparable to the wrapping of this product.
The chiguil traditional recipe has been passed down from generation to generation, and today is consumed in the province in the months of February and March, when the corn husk is tender and coincides with the Festival of the province which is the Carnival.
Wrapped in a delicate cooked steamed corn flour dough filled with cheese.
Traditional drink
Blue Bird It is a blue liqueur prepared with sugar cane liquor to which you add lemon verbena, leaves of mandarin, anise, banana, pineapple, chicken meat, sugar and anise.
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