The ''juane'' is one of the main dishes of the

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of the Peruvian jungle and is widely consumed on June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist (

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), hence the name. It is known that after the arrival of the Spanish people to Incan lands, missionaries popularized the biblical account of the beheading of St. John. This dish's name could therefore be, more specifically, a reference to the head of St. John. The ''juane'' would have been a food usually made for travelers, as they could be stored for long periods without spoiling.

Basic preparation

The ''juane'' usually made on the basis of

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

, meat,

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, spices among others, which is wrapped with ''

bijao Bijao is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Calathea lutea'' *''Heliconia bihai ''Heliconia bihai'' (red palulu) of the family Heliconiaceae is an erect herb typically growing taller than 1.5 m. It is native to northern South ...

'' (macaw-flower or heliconia) leaves and then put to boil for about an hour and a half. Rice can be substituted with

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively ...

, '' chonta'', the mixture of rice and cassava,

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s, among other products. Before being wrapped in the leaves, the preparation is bathed with a mixture of beaten eggs to get the "pickup" (''ligue'' in Spanish) of food and not fall off. The dish is accompanied by the customs of each region of the forest, as some people tend to accompany the

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, cassava, or simply boiled

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Types

*Traditional juane *Special juane *Chonta juane: Nibbled '' chonta'' is added to the mixture of rice. *Cassava juane: This type of juane is ground cassava instead of rice and filled with fish, especially

paiche The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus ''Arapaima'' native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America. ''Arapaima'' is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae within the family Osteoglossi ...

. *Avispa juane: Ground pork is added to rice, and thereby prepare the batter, filling with a barrage of fried chicken. *Nina juane: It is a juane with chicken pieces instead of rice. *Sara juane: Instead of rice, it takes a mixture of ground raw

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...

s, ground

corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

and chicken

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References

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