Recipe for Carimañolas or caribañolas
The carimañolas o caribañolas, son uno de los populares fried que se consumen en la costa caribe de Colombia, este alimento hecho a base de yuca es muy popular en varios países de Latinoamérica como Panamá, Brasil, entre otros, según el país recibe distintos nombres y se preparan con algunas variaciones. Aquí aprenderás a preparar las carimañolas colombianas paso a paso y de forma rápida y sencilla.
Ingredients
- ½ pound of cassava
- 1 pound pork
- 1 bigheaded onion
- 2 large tomatoes
- 3 Eggs (only the clear one)
- Oil for frying
- Cumin (al gusto)
- Pepper (al gusto)
- Salt (al gusto)
Step by step preparation
- First of all, the ingredients are prepared; The cassava must be washed and peeled, then cooked in salted water until soft.
- Then, the cassava is drained and ground, mixed with salt and kneaded. To this resulting dough, 1 cup of flour and 1 egg are added to make it more elastic.
- The pork should be chopped and cooked in salted water until it is cooked and soft.
- Then you proceed to finely chop the big onion and create a sauce with it and with the also chopped tomato, add the cumin, pepper and salt to taste, proceed to add the previously cooked pork and leave it for a few minutes. to simmer.
- You proceed to take portions of the cassava dough about the size of an egg, with your fingers press the center of the dough to create an opening through which to pour the stew, with a little dough close the opening.
- Then pass the carimañolas through the beaten egg whites and then proceed to fry them in plenty of oil until they are golden brown.
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Interesting Facts
- En Colombia las carimañolas son muy populares en la costa, pero también se consumen mucho en la región andina en la cual suelen llamarlas pastel de yuca.
- Carimañolas can have many fillings depending on the region of the country, you can use ground meat, cheese, egg, sausage, etc.
- Las carimañolas o frito de yuca suelen ser uno de los grandes protagonistas del festival del frito de Cartagena de Indias.
- Some of the names by which carimañolas are known are: Caribañolas, fried yuca, stuffed yuca, yuca cake and cassava croquette.
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