Receta de Mañoco o Fariña
El Mañoco o Fariña es una harina hecha a base de yuca brava o mandioca, este es uno de los platos tradicionales más antiguos de las Américas; originario de las culturas indígenas del caribe americano, en los llanos orientales de Colombia y Venezuela este alimento es parte de la alimentación casi diaria de los indígenas y muchas de las personas de la región, se prepara básicamente igual que como el casabe.
Ingredients
- 3 Kilos of cassava brave (bitter)
- Water
Step by step preparation
Preparation of the traditional Mañoco recipe
- The cassava is extracted from the Cocuno or Konuko (Plot of land with cultivation, generally cassava), the soil and dirt are removed and it is transported in the catumare (artisanal basket).
- It is washed with plenty of water and left to rest for three days in clean water.
- The skin of the cassava is scraped with a knife or machete until it is completely clean and washed.
- The entire cassava is grated until there is a mass of it and a kilo of previously grated cassava is added.
- The dough is left to rest for two days.
- Then we move on to the juicing process; This is made with the Sebucán (Indigenous tool for squeezing), here it is squeezed, removing all liquid and the yuré (poison).
- Then the resulting dry dough is taken out of the sebucán and with a dough or machuca stone until it is converted into flour.
- It is taken to the budare where it will be left for about an hour, during that period of time you must be stirring the flour at all times, after an hour it is removed from the budare and that granulated flour is the manoco ready to consume alone or as a side dish.
Interesting Facts
- Cassava or Mandioca as it is also known is fat and gluten free, as well as rich in fiber and B vitamins.
- La diferencia más vital entre la fariña o mañoco con el Casabe The thing is that it remains in the form of a cake and not granular.
- El mañoco es un alimento con una gran vida útil ya que la yuca demora mucho en dañarse.
- La fariña o mañoco puede usarse como un acompañante de muchos otros platos o comerse solo, también se consume como cereal, mezclándolo con agua o jugos.
- Both the Mañoco and the Casabe They have been constituted as ancient foods that have allowed the subsistence of the indigenous communities of the Americas.
Photos: (Instagram: madiwaru) and (Flickr: Jatuiringa)
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