Comida Latina

A slideshow of latin American food products

1. Comida Latina
¿Es diferente la comida de Latinoamérica?
¿Es diferente la comida de los Estados Unidos?
Es como preguntar...

2. En los Estados Unidos
Hay comida regional Hay comida étnica también
Jumbalaya
Ribs
Baked Beans
Okra
Grits

3. México
Maíz es el
centro

4. Chiles
Tipo de chile:
poblano, serrano,
ancho, mulato,
jalapeño,
cascabel,chipotle,
pasilla, guajillo

5. Frijoles
Tipos:
bayo, negro,
canario, ayacote,
meco, catarino
Metódos de
preparación:
borrachos, de
olla, refritos,
colados,
charros,
enchilados,
maneados

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La cosecha de nopal

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¡Nopales con papí!

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Hay otras maneras de
hacerlos también

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Utensilos de cocinar en
México
Olla
Cazuela
Comal
Metate y mano

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La tortilladora

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bote tamalera, vaporera para
tamales

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Juego para limpiar nopales

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El pibil

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Aguas frescas
Rosa de Jamaica (o flor de Jamaica) y Horchata
(hecho de arroz)

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El aguacate - de los aztecas

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Annato o Achoite
Usado tanto por el bien de color y sabor, la pasta de pescado, especias y
carne base.
Usado tanto por el bien de color y sabor, la pasta de pescado, especias y
carne base.
Usado tanto por el bien de color y sabor, la pasta de pescado, especias y
carne base.

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Mole (del verbo moler)
Se hace con 52 ingredientes
diferentes
El ingrediente principal es chiles,
con canela, semillas de calabasa,
cacao, y ajonjolí
El más famoso es el mole Poblano
(de Puebla) donde se originó sgún
la historia

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El gusano

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Huitlacoche, cuitlacoche

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Jicama - como el “turnip”
se sirve con limón

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Maguey o agave - planta de
pulque y tequilla

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Tequilla o mezcal de
maguey/agave

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Papaya - fantástico para la
digestión

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Pepitas - una merienda y
ingrediente deliciosa

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Chiles
Ancho
Cascabel
Chipotle
Guajillo
Habanero
Jalapeño
Piquin
Poblano

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Aceitunas - olives
Acelgas - chard
Aceite - oil
Achiote - annatto tree seeds
Adobo - red thick chilli paste
Agua - water
Agua horchata - rice drink with cinamon
Agua jamaica - refreshing red drink from the jamaica
flower
Aguacate - avocado
Ahumado - smoked
Ajo - garlic
Albóndigas - meatballs
Alfalfa - water cress
Almendra - almond
Almibar - sirup
Almuerzo - lunch
Amarillo, mole de - orange mole
Anca de rana - frog legs
Al horno - oven-baked
Ancho - a Poblano chile that has been dried and
turned a black-red color; means wide
Antojito - an hors d'oeuvre or small snack food
Arroz - rice
Asar - to roast or broil
Asado - roasted (see above)
Ate - quince sweet (birsalmasajt)
Atún - tuna
Avena - liquid porridge with cinnamon
Aves - poultry
Avellana - hazelnut
Azteca - sopa azteca
Azúcar - sugar
Bacalao - fish (tőkehal, cabillaud, Kabeljau)
Barbacoa - barbecued meat
Berengena - egg-plant
Berros - water cress
Betabeles - beets
Bogavante - lobster (homard, Hummer)
Bola - tamal de bola
Bolita - ball of masa, e.g. in soups-Bolillo - small loaf of
bread
Borracho - cooked with wine; means drunk
Budin - pie, pudding
Bunuelo - puffy, sweet, deep-fried pastry
Burrito/Burro - large flour tortilla wrapped around a filling
Burrita- flour tortilla with ham and cheese
Butifarra - saussage
Cabrito - goat
Cacahuates - peanuts
Cafe de olla - coffee flavored with cinnamon and sugar
Calabaza - squash, pumpkin
Caldo - soup, broth
Caliente - hot to the touch (temperature)
Camarón - shrimp
Camotes - sweet potatoes
Canela - cinnamon
Capirotada - spicy bread pudding served during Lent;
means a little bit of everything
Carne - meat, specifically beef
Carne molino - ground meet
Carne de res - beef
Carnero - lamb
Carnitas - Shredded Pork
Castanas - chestnut
Cebolla - onion
Cecina - thin steak
Cena - dinner
Cerdo - pork
Cerveza - beer
Ceviche - salad made of fish "cooked" in lime juice
Chalupa - Our special custard and fruit on a flakey shell
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Mexican-Food-Dictionary/A.aspx

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Chayote - a variety of squash, green, avocado size
(prickly pear squash)
Chapulines - grasshoppers roasted with garlic , lemon
and lots of salt
Chepil - wild fresh herbe which grows in rainy season
Chicharron - fried pork skin or lard
Chilaquiles - corn tortilla pieces marinated in chile,
layered with a filling, sauce and cheese, and baked in
a casserole
Chile pimiento - bell peppers (poivrons, Pepperoni)
Chile poblano - big green/dark chiles like bell
peppers, not very hot
Chiles en nogada - stuffed chiles with a
walnut/cheese sauce (served in September)
Chiles rellenos - stuffed chiles, e.g. with cheese
Chiles rellenos de picadillo - stuffed with ground beef
Chili powder - commercially, the product made from
ground red chiles, including a variety of other spices
Chimichanga - deep-fried burro; means "A what
chama call it"
Chorizo - spicy pork and beef sausage
Chuleta - chop or cutlet
Chuletón - beef chop (côte de boeuf)
Churrasco - barbeque (grillade)
Churro - fried dough (long beignet cylindrique)
Chícharos - peas
Chipotle, sauce - red, spicy sauce, named after a
small black chile
Cilantro - coriander or Chinese parsley
Coco - coconut
Col - cabbage (Mexico), repollo (Spain)
Comal - heavy, round griddle for baking tortillas
Comedor - small restaurant
Comida - midday meal
Comida corrida - ecconomic plate of the day often
served with soup and rice
Comino - cumin
Conejo - rabbit
Cordero - lamb
Crema - cream, sour c., double c., coffee
c., creamy soup, evaporated milk
Crema catalana - a sort of cooked flan
Crema de espárragos - asparagus cream
Crema de ave - chicken cream
Crema de cangrejos - crab cream
Crepas - crepes
Criolla, á la - creole style
Cuero - pork skin
Cuerno - French croissant
Datte - datil
Desayuno - breakfast
Dulces - candies
Durazno (almibar) - peach (canned
peaches in their juice)
Ejote - String bean
Elote - corn (friss csemegekukorica)
Empanada - turnover
Enchilada - a corn tortilla dipped in red
chile sauce, rolled around just about
anything, then topped with sauce and
cheese
Enmoladas - tortillas dipped in mole negro
sauce
Enrollado - rolled
Ensalada - salad
Espárragos - asparagus
Entomatados - tomatoes
Entremeses - Entrees (Hors Doeuvres)
Epazote - herbe with special tast for meet
or fish
Escabeche - pickled
Espaguetti - spaghetti
Estufado - meet in red thick sauce
(Gulasch)
Farina - wheat flour
Fideos - vermicelli; thin pasta
Filet de carne - (often thin) steak
Filed de lenguado - filed de sole (fish)

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Flan - baked custard with caramel coating
Flauta - corn tortilla tightly rolled around a
filling, then deep fried; means flute
Flor de calabaza - squash blossom used in
sauces, soups, quesadillas...
Fresa - strawberry
Frijoles - beans, usually pinto
Fruta - fruits
Galletas - crackers / cookies
Gallina - hen
Garbanzo - chickpea (pois chiches,
Kichererbsen)
Garnachas - stuffed (eg. beef) and fried mini-
corn tortillas
Gazpacho - cold, spicy tomato and vegetable
soup
Gorditas - fried, extra thick tortillas with sauce
and cheese
Granada - pomegranate
Grasa - fat
Guacamole - mashed avocado salad or dip
Guajolote - in Mexico, turkey; pavo is turkey in
other Spanish-speaking countries
Guisado - stew
Guayaba - guava
Haba - broad (fava) bean (lóbab)
Harina - wheat flour
Helado - ice cream
Hierba de olor - mix of oregano, thyme, &
majoran herbs
Hierbabuena - peppermint (menthe)
Higos - figs
Hoja aguacate - avocado leaf, used as seasoning
Hoja platano - banana leaf, used as tamal
wrapper
Hominy - large kernel dried corn
Hongo - mushroom
Huachinango - red snapper
Huaraches - oval corn tortilla with cheese, cream
and meet
Huevo - egg; also blanquillo
Huevos duro - hard-boild eggs
Huevos estrelladdos / fritos - fried eggs
Huevos tibio - soft-boild eggs
Huevos motulenos - rich breakfast with beens, fried
egg, tomato sauce, peas ... on tortillas
Huitlacoche - small dark fungus found on corn stalk
Jalea de membrilla, membrillo - quince sweet
(birsalmapüré)
Jamón - ham
Jícama - a crisp, white, edible root served with lime
juice and chili powder
Jitomates - tomatoes
Judias - white beans
Jugo - juice
Kahlúa - coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico
Leche - milk
Lechuga - lettuce
Lengua - tongue
Lentejas - lens (Linsen)
Licuados - milk shake
Lima, sopa de - chicken, rice, tostada and lime
Limón amarilla - lemon
Limón - lime (sweet)
Mayonesa - mayonaise
Maíz - corn
Mano - a piece of volcanic rock used with both hands
to grind food against another rock; means hand
Manteca - lard
Mantequilla - butter
Manzana - apple
Manzanilla - kamilla
Mariscos - shellfish; fish is pescado
Masa - corn dough, usually referring to ground
hominy, called nixtamal for tortillas
Melón - cantaloupe
Memelitas - Tortillas con grasa de puerco

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Menudo - tripe soup; New Year's Day tradition to ease
hangovers
Miel de abejas - honey
Mojarra - good sweet water fish
Molcajete - volcanic rock shaped like a bowl in which
food is ground
Mole - Term used for a thick sauce or paste. The classic
mole is made with chiles, unsweetened chocolate, nuts,
bananas and chicken stock
Mole adobo - suace with cumin and oranges
Mole amarillo - orange mole
Mole oaxaqueno - sweeter mole which contains almonds
as well
Mole pipian - see pipian
Mole poblano - above classic mole
Mole verde - green mole
Molote - mix of corn, chorizo and potatoe
Molletes - bolillo spread with bean puree and cheese
Mondongo - menudo
Montada - whipped cream
Mostaza - mustard
Naranja - orange
Nata - whipped cream
Nenguijuti Zoque - meet in red, mild sauce with ginger
(Chiapas)
Nieves - sherbets
Nixtamal - hominy; raw corn grains, soaked in chalk,
then ground to make a dough (masa) for tortillas,
tamales, chalupas
Nopales - cactus pads cooked and used like okra
Nueces - nuts / pecans
Nuez de castilla - walnut
Olla - clay pot; a utensil in which beans are simmered
Omlete de huevo - omlette
Ostra - oysters (huitres, Austern)
Pan - bread
Pan tostado - toast
Pan dulce - sweet rolls
Pancita - tripe
Panela - unrifined sugar used for bunuelos or atole
Panuchos bolillos with frijoles, pollo etc.
Papas - potatoes
Papas a la francesa - french fries
Pastel - cake / pie
Pasteles - pastries
Pastor, al - Kebab style roasted pork meet
Pato - duck
Pavo - turkey (spain)
Pay - Pie,tart, e.g. with cream or cheese
Pechuga - white chicken meat
Pepino verde - cucumber
Pepitas - pumkin seeds
Pera - pear
Pibil - orange, garlic & cumin sauce
Picadillo - meat hash
Picaditas de pollo - dito garnachas with chicken,
cheese etc.
Picante - hot to the taste buds
Pierna - pork leg
Pierna de cordero - báránycomb
Piloncillo - brown sugar formed into a cone for
marketing
Pimienta - black pepper
Pina - pineapple
Pipián - a sauce made of pumpkin seed, chile and
spices
Platano - banana
Platano macho - bananas which are fried for desserts
Plantains - large green banana which has to be
cooked
Poblano - a variety of chile
Pok chuk - pork in achiote sauce
Pollo - chicken
Postre - dessert

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Pozole - mais soup w. pork or chicken
Preparados - aguas de frutas
Puchero - meets, vegies, bananas (pot au feu, Eintopf)
Puerco - pork
Pulque - fermented juice of agave plant
Puro de cana - destilled from sugar cane, stronger than
mescal, less taste (=chingre/posh)
Quesadilla - grilled cheese sandwich made with a tortilla
Quesadillas de Elote - fried sweet corn cakte (no cheese!)
Queso (fundido) - (melded) cheese
Rábano - radish
Relleno - stuffed
Repollo - cabbage;col in mexico
Ricos tacos / tamales - rich, delicious ...
Ristra - string of dried red chiles
Róbalo - sea bass
Romero - rosmarin (romarin)
Romoritos - herbs with special taste
Rompope - liquor of egg, milk, vanilla, cinnamon & rom
Sal - salt
Salada /-o - salted
Salchicha - sausage
Salchichón - dry sausage
Salmón ahumado - smoked salmon
Salsa - sauce
Sandia - watermelon
Sangría - a drink made of red or white wine, sugar,
oranges, lemons and lime
Seco - dry
Sincronizadas - wheat tortilla sandwiches with ham and
cheese
Solomillo - filet (mignon)
Sopa - soup
Sopa Azteca - soup with tortilla chips, avocados and spices
Sopa de Lima - chicken, rice, tostada and lime
Sultanas - raisins
Taco - a corn tortilla folded over a filling
Tallarrines - noodles
Tamal (plural is tamales) - a corn husk stuffed with masa,
meat or beans
Tamal de bola - tamal with pork and tomatoe sauce
Tamarindo - a fruit (like a bean?) for juices & dulce
Tatemar - verb meaning to roast, peel and seed green
chiles
Tazcalate - refreshing drink with chocolate, based on corn,
with water or milk
Tazajo con pepita - stew in a bread-like sauce of pumpkin
seeds (Silvestermenu)
Té (castilla, manzanilla, hierbabuena, tila, tisana, ...) con
limon/con leche - tee (...) with lemon /milk
Tejocote - small orange fruit
Telera - small loaf of bread
Ternera - veal
Tequila - distilled liquor made from agave, or century
plant
Tila - hársfavirág
Tinga de pollo - chunks of chicken meet
Tiras de carne asado - rosted stripes of meet
Tisana - (tisana, Eisenkraut)
Tocino - bacon
Topopo - a corn chip like a volcano or pyramid
Tomatillos - small green husk tomatoes, eg. for green
salza
Toronja - grapefruit
Tortas - sandwiches with meet, salad, sauce and cheese
Tortilla - a thin, flat bread made from wheat flour or corn
masa
Tortitas - fried potatoe pancakes

31. Más ejemplos de
México
Ingredientes de comida Méxicana

32. El Caribe
taro root /
tapioca
yucca/manioc
guarapo

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Plátanos - no son bananos

34. Calalú

35. Sofrito y Adobo
mezcla de hierbas,
especias y verduras

36. Comida que trajeron
africanos
Okra
Calaloo
Ackee
“Conkies”

37. Frutas del Caribe
Frutas del Caribe
Vivero Anones

38. Guinep - Jamaica

39. Lambi

40. La Comida Altiplano -
Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador
La comida de Altiplano

41. Perú

42. Aji

43. cacahuete

44. camote
Camu camu

45. Chuno: Papa amarga, crecido entre 3000-4200
metros, se liofilizó sin restricciones, para detener. Después
de la cosecha, hacia fuera, por 2-3 días

46. Cochayuyo: algas, las algas marinas, los
secó con los mercados, comer cocido como pasta

47. Maca

48. Maiz
Y... mote (maiz grande
para sopas)

49. Pachamanca

50. ¡¡¡¡¡Y papa!!!!

51. Quinoa Yacón
Yucca/Manioc

52. El conejo de
las Indias
¡¡¡¡Delicioso!!!!

53. Argentina, Chile,
Paraguay, Uruguay

54. Yerba Mate