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Fiestas Patrias (Peru)

Peru marks independence with its great dishes, from ceviche to anticuchos, and a pisco sour.

What is eaten for Fiestas Patrias (Peru)

Peru declared independence on 28 July 1821, and the two days of Fiestas Patrias are a celebration of Peruvian cooking as much as anything. Families go out for the dishes they are proudest of: ceviche, ají de gallina, lomo saltado, and pachamanca baked in the ground. In the evening street grills sell anticuchos, skewers of marinated beef heart, with picarones, rings of fried squash and sweet potato dough in syrup. The toast is made with a pisco sour, and children drink purple chicha morada.

The dishes

CevicheFish cured in lime, the national dish.AnticuchoGrilled beef heart skewers from street carts.Lomo saltadoStir-fried beef with onions, tomatoes and chips.PicaronesSquash and sweet potato rings in syrup.Pisco SourThe drink for the national toast.Chicha moradaPurple maize drink for all ages.

Also part of it, and being written: Ají de gallina (Shredded chicken in a yellow chilli sauce.).

About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Fiestas Patrias (Peru)" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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