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. 2020 Feb 19;9(2):216. doi: 10.3390/foods9020216

Table 11.

Traditional quinoa food products adapted from Bojanic (2011) [6].

Product Description
Quinoa Soup Cooked quinoa with meat, tubers and vegetables
Lawa A porridge like dish with raw flour, water with lime and animal fat
P’esque Quinoa grain cooked without salt, served with milk or grated cheese
Kispiña Steamed buns
Tacti o tactacho Fried buns, like a doughnut, from flour and llama fat
Mucuna Steam cooked balls from quinoa flour, filled with seasoning
Phiri Roasted and slightly dampened quinoa flour
Phisara Lightly roasted and cooked quinoa grain
Q’usa Quinoa chicha, a macerated cold drink
El Ullphu, Ullphi Cold drink prepared with roasted quinoa flour
Kaswira de quinua Flattened bread fried in oil with lime and white quinoa
Kaswira de ajara Flattened bread fried in oil with lime and black quinoa or ajara
K’api kispiña Steamed bun with quinoa ground
Turucha quispiña o Polonca Large steamed breads made with katahui and quinoa lightly ground (chama)
Mululsito quispiña Steamed bread, made with katahui and quinoa flour
Quichi quispiña Steamed and fried bread, made with katahui and quinoa flour
Juchcha Andean soup based on ground quinoa and katahui
Chiwa Young quinoa leaves are used as a vegetable in salads and soups