El Bollo de Yuca o “bollo e yuca” como se le conoce en la costa es un amasijo hecho a base de yuca, es muy popular en la zona caribe de Colombia especialmente en departamentos como el Atlantic y Bolívar.
Yucca bun recipe
Aprende en esta sencilla receta aprende como preparar de forma fácil y rápida el bollo de yuca.
Ingredients
- 2½ pounds of cassava
- Salt (al gusto)
- Ameros (corn cob gophers)
- Majagua (whistle or string)
Step by step preparation
- First of all, peel and wash the cassava, then cook it in plenty of water for about 20 minutes, so that it does not become too soft.
- Once this time has passed, it is taken out and ground, then salt is added to this dough and we proceed to knead it.
- Once this is well kneaded, you begin to assemble the buns with your hands, start by making a ball and then give it the common elongated shape of the bun, take the cob leaves (gophers or ameros) and wrap the bun with it, then with a majagua (pita or rope) carefully ties the bun tightly enough so that it does not spill, but not so tightly that it does not lose its shape.
- Then proceed to cook them in salt water for ½ hour.
- And that's it, this food is popularly served accompanied by a good Coastal cheese.
Interesting Facts
- In the municipality of Ponedera – Atlántico, the Bun and Fried Festival is held every year in which a wide variety of recipes with buns and fried foods are exhibited.
- Buns have their origin in indigenous Latin American cultures, they are a typical food from countries such as Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador.
- In addition to the yucca bun, there are also buns made of: Corn cob), clean, banana, coconut, angelito, millet, sweet potato and flour.
- Thanks to its good content of Calcium and Vitamin K, cassava is a food that helps keep bones healthy and prevents diseases such as osteoporosis.
- Thanks to its low fat content, cassava can be consumed by overweight people.
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- Yuca frita
- Yuca cocida o hervida
- Tungos
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- Santander tamales
- Regañonas santandereanas
- Quibbes
- Plátano cocido o Hervido
- Rice cake
- Papas hervidas
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