Food of South America
Ceviche, asado, arepas, feijoada, potatoes of the Andes and fruit of the Amazon. 105 dishes on Thali so far.
Dulce de lecheVegetarian
🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreA sweet, spreadable milk and sugar confection from Latin America
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
TapiocaVegan
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreStarch from cassava root, shaped into pearls, flakes, or powder
Sauce, pickle or ferment
BrigadeiroVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian chocolate sweets rolled in sprinkles and served at celebrations
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Alfajor
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreSweet biscuits or pastry joined with a filling, often dulce de leche or honey and nuts
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Sopaipilla
🇨🇱 Chile and 5 moreFried wheat dough pastry enjoyed sweet or savory across the Americas
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Breakfast
Açaí na tigelaVegan
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreFrozen açaí pulp blended and served in a bowl with sweet toppings
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
PamonhaVegetarian
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSweet corn paste boiled in corn husks, a specialty from Brazil
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Mote con huesilloVegan
🇨🇱 ChileChilled Chilean drink of sweet peach nectar with wheat berries
Drink, Snacks
CocadaVegetarian
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreChewy coconut sweets baked and served at room temperature
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
PicaronesVegetarian
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePeruvian doughnuts made from squash and sweet potato, served with chancaca syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Bolo de roloVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilThin layers of cake rolled with guava paste, a symbol of Pernambuco
Sweet or dessert
MunguzáVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian sweet porridge of whole corn, milk and sugar served at winter festivals
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Rum cakeVegetarian
🇬🇾 Guyana and 4 moreA rich cake made with rum-soaked fruits, enjoyed at holidays and celebrations
Sweet or dessert
CurauVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian sweet custard made from unripe corn, milk and sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Pastel
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreA name for many pastries, pies, and filled snacks across Latin America and beyond
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Lunch
ChajáVegetarian
🇺🇾 Uruguay and 4 moreUruguayan dessert of sponge cake, meringue, cream and fruit
Sweet or dessert
Guagua de panVegetarian
🇪🇨 Ecuador and 2 moreSweet bread shaped like a child, made for ancestral Andean festivals
Sweet or dessert
CajuzinhoVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilA Brazilian party sweet shaped like a tiny cashew, made with peanuts and sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Suspiro de limeñaVegetarian
🇵🇪 PeruPeruvian dessert with caramelized milk and port wine meringue
Sweet or dessert
Pé de molequeVegan
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian sweet made with peanuts and unrefined sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
King KongVegetarian
🇵🇪 PeruLayered Peruvian dessert with cookies, milk filling and pineapple sweet
Sweet or dessert
Arroz zambitoVegetarian
🇵🇪 PeruPeruvian rice pudding sweetened with chancaca and spiced with cinnamon
Sweet or dessert
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Picarones: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Alfajor: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dulce de leche: audinou, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mote con huesillo: Nellu Mazilu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Guagua de pan: Juan Jorge Arellano Lima, Perú, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pamonha: Isalinky, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Açaí na tigela: Túllio F, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Curau: Giselli Carvalho, CC BY 2.0, source
- Brigadeiro: User Mayra (Maych) on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pé de moleque: No machine-readable author provided. Meksyk~commonswiki assumed (based, Public domain, source
- Munguzá: Leo Rey, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bolo de rolo: Guilherme Jófili, CC BY 2.0, source
- Suspiro de limeña: Luisfranciscopm, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cajuzinho: Winkpolve, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chajá: Muago, CC0, source
- King Kong: Miguel Alan Córdova Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Arroz zambito: Dtarazona, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tapioca: Linason Blessing, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sopaipilla: Popo le Chien, CC0, source
- Cocada: Avelludo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rum cake: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pastel: BuenosAiresPhotographer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source