the art of latin american cookin.......wild.......

Prior to my assignment in the united kingdom i was in chennai doin californian new world cuisine.... again confusin isnt it..... too many cusines unheard of.... but yes there is so much indepth to do in the field of culinary these days.... most of us to include me before i studied the course of culinary used to have a norm in mind anything that was not indian and chinese was continental..... it included mexican, italian and god knows the list...... but i must appreciate the fact that people have become much adventourous these days and have an idea of cuisines like italian ..... as its gainin popularity for being fresh , light and health friendly.....
comin back to my title i kept wondering what would latin american cuisine restaurant serve... and the place i work is one of its kind in the United Kingdom..... mean there are extremely few competitors for this cuisine..... yet... but this blog of mine will take u all thru a rough guided tour.....
First of all when i landed here i was given a company handbook called the Rough Guide.... which basically talked about the regions which come in Latin america.... namely to say Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico , Spain, Cuba and theres lot of small countries to the list......
the guide talked about their food and drinkin habits.....
first of all their drinkin habits let me tell you are crazy .... they produce somethin called as Cachaca { native liquer produced and distilled from sugarcane and aged in oak casks}...... still remains an all time favorite..... which this cachaca a cocktail is made called Caprinha {basically this liquer is mixed with lot of lemon and flaked ice and caster sugar....... tastes WOW!!!!} should try
cookin latin food id more influenced with spanish cooking as these people have a habit of eating lot of nibbles called TAPAS.... or basically starters ... these need not be very elaborate but will be as simple as freshly baked breads and olives{ the peruvian olives is a favorite which is soaked in olive oil and paprika and lot of herbs}
they indeed eat of lot of fish i all kinds of preparations{ fish cooked in a sauce,, grilled or roastes fish} these dishes called PESCE
then comes their favorite MOQUECAS{ a coconut milk, fresh chillies and peppers based sauce} AND XIMXIM{ pronounced shimshim} mainly which has onions, peanut butter and cream and loads of lemon juice.... and of course not to forget PERI{ a spicy punjent sauce made with vinegar and chillies and lemon boiled and blended...... Hope by this time u are all hungry to grab some of these......
and for the passionate sweet lovers they have a classical coconut pudding called MANJAR , and figs stuffed with condensed milk ....... called BREVAS
this was a small tour...... hope was nice to read and know.....
cheers and please don mot hesitate if u guys and grils need to try making some latin american dish and u need a good recipe mail me.... and will be happy to share......
cheers and happy cookin.....