Most traditional foods in Guatemalan cuisine are based on Maya cooking, with Spanish influence, and prominently feature corn, chilies and beans as key ingredients. Some foods are eaten on certain days of the week, and it is a popular custom to eat paches, a kind of tamale made from potatoes, on Thursday. Certain dishes are tied to special occasions, such as fiambre for All Saints Day on 1 November and tamales, which are common around Christmas. Before maize was consumed it was processed by nixtamalization, cooking the corn with minerals, usually slaked lime, which gave the maize a higher nutritional value.
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Source Hilachas - Wikipedia
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Most traditional foods in Guatemalan cuisine are based on Maya cuisine, with Spanish influence, and prominently feature corn, chilies and beans as key ingredients.
Uses Ingredient: Maize, Wikipedia article text
Most traditional foods in Guatemalan cuisine are based on Maya cuisine, with Spanish influence, and prominently feature corn, chilies and beans as key ingredients.
Uses Ingredient: Chili Pepper, Wikipedia article text
Most traditional foods in Guatemalan cuisine are based on Maya cuisine, with Spanish influence, and prominently feature corn, chilies and beans as key ingredients.
Uses Ingredient: Potato, Wikipedia article text
For example, it is a popular custom to eat paches (a kind of tamale made from potatoes) on Thursday.
Expresses Tradition: Nixtamalization, Wikipedia article text
Before maize was consumed, it was processed in a technique called nixtamalization, involving cooking the corn with minerals, usually slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), giving the maize a higher nutritional value.
View the SourceHilachas - Wikipedia
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Hilachas is a dish originating in Guatemalan cuisine that is similar to ropa vieja.
Kak'ik (Wikipedia)
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Kak'ik is a soup made from a type of turkey called "chompipe" and is typical of Guatemalan cuisine.
Pepián (Wikipedia)
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It is one of the oldest and most recognizable dishes of Guatemalan cuisine having as its origin the influences from Guatemala's colonial past and the indigenous cuisine.
Tapado (Wikipedia)
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served in Central American countries such as Guatemala and Honduras
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