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Chipasmute
Purtumute is a typical dish of the Amazonas (Peruvian department), Amazonas Region in Peru. The dish is prepared by stewing several types of Common bean, beans and corn, seasoned made with coriander. A variant is chipasmute, prepared not with stewed corn grains but with sweetcorn grains, mixed with Phaseolus vulgaris, green beans and seasoned with coriander and sometimes peanuts. This dish can be accompanied with ground Capsicum, pepper mixed with cheese. References Peruvian cuisine Culture of Amazonas Region Legume dishes {{peru-cuisine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonas (Peruvian Department)
Amazonas () is a department and region in northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and San Martín on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas. With a landscape of steep river gorges and mountains, Amazonas is the location of Kuelap, a huge stone fortress enclosing more than 400 stone structures; it was built on a mountain about 3,000 meters high, starting about 500 AD and was occupied to the mid-16th century. It is one of Peru's major archeological sites. Geography The department of Amazonas consists of regions covered by rainforests and mountain ranges. The rainforest zone predominates (72.93%) and it extends to the north over its oriental slope, up to the border with Ecuador in the summits of the Cordillera del Cóndor. The mountain range zone is located in the southern provinces of the Amazonas Region and it only includes 27.07% of its whole territorial surface. One of the factors th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
