Causa Limeña (Peruvian dish)
Causa Limeña (Peruvian dish)

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Causa limeña or simply causa, is a typical and widespread entrée of the Peruvian gastronomy which has a pre-Columbian origin. In the ancient Peru, it was prepared with yellow potatos, which have a soft texture, and kneading it with crushed chilli peppers. La causa limeña es uno de los platos emblemáticos de la gastronomía de Perú, su ingrediente más característico es la papa amarilla.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook causa limeña (peruvian dish) using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Causa Limeña (Peruvian dish):
  1. Take Tuna
  2. Get Onion
  3. Get Sweet corn
  4. Take Yellow Aji (Peruvian yellow chili pepper paste)
  5. Prepare Hard boiled eggs
  6. Get Avocado (optional)
  7. Prepare Mayonnaise
  8. Make ready Black pepper
  9. Prepare Curry
  10. Prepare Salt
  11. Take Chopped cilantro
  12. Make ready Yellow Potatoes

It originates from Peru and was created as a way to add life and flavour to three very simple, cheap ingredients: potato, seafood and pepper. They're the ideal starter, canapé or side to a Peruvian spread. Hacemos Pedido y Reparto a Domicilio. Food delivery service in Lima, Peru.

Instructions to make Causa Limeña (Peruvian dish):
  1. Slice half an onion and put it in a bowl with the sweet corn, the juice of three lemons, a pinch of salt. You can add a little bit of balsamic vinegar to add color to it. Leave it there, you will use it at the end.
  2. Place the peeled potatoes in boiling water with salt until they are soft enough to be mashed
  3. Mash the potatoes adding the olive oil, the pinch of curry and the aji paste
  4. Prepare the tuna, add mayonnaise, the cilantro, a pinch of black pepper and salt
  5. With a tall cookie cutter, or anything with a tall shape, even a can can be used as a mold place a layer of the mashed potatoes, like two fingers tall, then a layer of tuna, then a layer of sliced avocado, then finish a layer of mashed potatoes
  6. Turn the mold on top of a plate and put on top of it two slices of hard boiled eggs and on top of that the mix of sliced onions and sweet corn. You can add basil or parsley to decorate it
    • in the middle layer you can use chicken or shrimp instead.

This is a beloved and ubiquitous Peruvian dish. There are conflicting tales of its origin. One story states that it originated in pre-Colombian times: kausay in Quechua means This is my own version of causa limeña. It combines two of my favorite things: seafood and pisco. I urge you to give it a chance!

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