What is typical Bolivian food?
Bolivian cuisine has a great variety of dishes mainly meat, fish and poultry blended with herbs and spices. The diet also consists of fresh fruit and vegetables. Lunch is the main meal of the day in Bolivia. It usually includes soup and a main dish. The potato is the main staple, served at most meals, sometimes with rice or noodles. Bolivian food is not often spicy, but a sauce “la llajwa” is usually available which is made with tomato and locoto (hot chilies). Some traditional dishes include Majao which is a rice dish with eggs, beef and fried banana, Silpancho meat served with rice and potatoes, Pacumutu is a rice dish with grilled beef, fried yucca and cheese, Saltenas and Empanadas which are meat or vegetable pies, Locro is a soup made with rice, chicken and banana and Chicharron de Pacu made with the local Pacu fish, rice and yucca.
