Appetizers and Side Dishes

• Arroz con coco
• Aborrajado (deep fried plantains stuffed with cheese)
• Hormigas culonas or santandereanas
  Atta laevigata
  Atta laevigata is one of about a dozen species of leafcutter ants in the genus Atta, found from Colombia south to Paraguay. This species is one of the largest leafcutter species, and can be recognized by the smooth and shining head of the largest workers in a colony...
  
  
• Hogao
  Hogao
  Hogao, also known as criollo sauce, is typically used in Colombian cuisine. It is made with round onions, long green onions, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper that are sauteed during the cooking process. It is the basis of Colombian cooking and is used for meats, arepas, rice and other...
  
   (Criollo sauce)

Breads

• Arepa
  Arepa
  An arepa is a dish made of ground corn dough or cooked flour, popular in Colombia, Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries. It is similar in shape to the Salvadoran pupusa...
  
  s
• bollos (tube-like food made of ground maize -similar to Italian polenta- or from scratched mandioc -yuca-, served with coastal cheese and sometimes whey
  Whey
  Whey or Milk Serum is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained. It is a by-product of the manufacture of cheese or casein and has several commercial uses. Sweet whey is manufactured during the making of rennet types of hard cheese like cheddar or Swiss cheese...
  
   or butter)
• Buñuelos
  Buñuelos
  A Buñuelo alternatively called bimuelo, birmuelo, bermuelo, burmuelo, bonuelo; ) is a fried dough ball. It is a popular snack in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Peru, the Philippines, Turkey, Greece, Morocco, and is a tradition at Christmas, Ramadan and among Sephardic Jews at...
  
  
• Pandebono
  Pandebono
  Pandebono is a type of bread made of corn flour, cassava starch, cheese and eggs. It is consumed with hot chocolate a few minutes after baking when is still warm...
  
  
• Pandeyuca
  Pandeyuca
  Pan de yuca is a type of bread made of cassava starch and cheese typical of southern Colombia and the Coast Region of Ecuador....
  
   (Baked cheese bread made with yucca flour)
• Almojábana
  Almojábana
  Almojábana is a type of bread made of corn flour, typical of some South American countries. This bread is a staple in Panama and Colombia where it is sold throughout Panamanian and Colombian bakeries.- Etymology :...
  
  
• Garullas (corn bread roll
  Bread roll
  A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. Bread rolls are often used in the same way as sandwiches are—cut transversely, with fillings placed between the two halves.-Various forms:...
  
  )
• Pandequeso (cheesy cornbread)
• Empanada
  Empanada
  An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried in many countries in Latin America, Southern Europe and parts of Southeast Asia. The name comes from the verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanada is made by folding a dough or bread patty around the stuffing...
  
  s
• Carimañolas (like empanadas but made up of manioc)
• Pan de Sagú (sago
  Sago
  Sago is a starch extracted in the spongy center or pith, of various tropical palm stems, Metroxylon sagu. It is a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas, where it is called saksak and sagu. A type of flour, called sago flour, is made from sago. The largest supply...
  
   bread)
• Pan de Maíz (cornbread
  Cornbread
  Cornbread is a generic name for any number of quick breads containing cornmeal and leavened by baking powder.-History:Native Americans were using ground corn for food thousands of years before European explorers arrived in the New World...
  
  )
• Achira
  Canna (plant)
  Canna is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae...
  
   biscuits
• curd
  Curd
  Curds are a dairy product obtained by curdling milk with rennet or an edible acidic substance such as lemon juice or vinegar, and then draining off the liquid portion. The increased acidity causes the milk proteins to tangle into solid masses, or curds. The remaining liquid, which contains only...
  
   biscuits
• Roscón (a soft and sweet bagel filled with either dulce de leche
  Dulce de leche
  Dulce de leche is a thick,creamy, caramel-like milk-based sauce or spread.Literally translated, dulce de leche means "sweet from milk". It is prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a product that derives its taste from caramelised sugar. It is a popular sweet in Latin America, where...
  
   or guava
  Guava
  Guavas are plants in the myrtle family genus Psidium , which contains about 100 species of tropical shrubs and small trees. They are native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America...
  
   jam)
• Colombina

Varieties of Arepa

• Arepas de choclo (sweet corn)
• Arepa Paisa/Antioqueña
• Arepae'huevo
• 'Oreja de perro', rice arepas
• Arepa Santandereana
• Arepa de yuca
• Arepa de maiz
• Arepa ocañera
• Arepae'queso
• Arepa de queso
• Arepa Boyacense
• Brown rice and sesame seed arepa
• Arepa de arroz
• Arepa Valluna

Main Courses

• Asado Bogotano
  Asado
  Asado is a term used both for a range of barbecue techniques and the social event of having or attending a barbecue in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil. In the former countries asado is also the standard word for barbecue. An asado usually consists of beef alongside various...
  
  
• Lechona
  Lechona
  Lechona and/or also known as "lechon asado" is a popular Colombian dish, similar in style to many other South American dishes. It consists of pork stuffed, yellow peas, green onion, yellow rice, and spices cooked in an outdoor, brick oven for about ten hours....
  
  , traditional dish from the Tolima department, a mixture of yellow pea purée and pork meat, with a side of rice arepa 'oreja de perro' and corn 'insulzo'
• Bandeja Paisa
  Bandeja paisa
  Bandeja paisa, also known as bandeja de arriero, bandeja montañera, or bandeja antioqueña, is a typical fusion cuisine Colombian dish...
  
  , a traditional dish from the Paisa region, consists of white rice, red beans, ground beef, plantain, dirty rice
  Dirty rice
  Dirty rice is a traditional Cajun dish made from white rice cooked with small pieces of chicken liver or giblets, which give it a dark color and a mild but distinctive flavor. Similar to a pilaf, it also includes green bell pepper, celery and onion . Parsley and/or chopped green onions are common...
  
   chorizo
  Chorizo
  Chorizo is a term encompassing several types of pork sausages originating from the Iberian Peninsula.In English, it is usually pronounced , , or , but sometimes ....
  
   (or morcilla), chicharron, arepa
  Arepa
  An arepa is a dish made of ground corn dough or cooked flour, popular in Colombia, Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries. It is similar in shape to the Salvadoran pupusa...
  
  , avocado
  Avocado
  The avocado is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel...
  
   and a fried egg. Along with Ajiaco
  Ajiaco
  Ajiaco is a Colombian potato soup, and is eaten in Colombia.The soup is typically served with table cream, capers and avocado all mixed in just before eating in the proportions each individual prefers. Ajiaco is so heavy that it is usually considered a full meal...
  
  , the bandeja paisa is considered to be one of the national dishes.
• Sancocho
  Sancocho
  Sancocho is a traditional soup in several Spanish and Latin American cuisines. Variations represent popular national dishes in the Canary Islands of Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela...
  
  , is a popular soup originating from the Valle del Cauca region. It combines vegetables and poultry or fish with recipes differing from one region to the other, but usually contains yuca
  Cassava
  Cassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates...
  
  , maize
  Maize
  Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
  
  , and is frequently eaten with banana
  Banana
  Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
  
   slices.
• Ajiaco
  Ajiaco
  Ajiaco is a Colombian potato soup, and is eaten in Colombia.The soup is typically served with table cream, capers and avocado all mixed in just before eating in the proportions each individual prefers. Ajiaco is so heavy that it is usually considered a full meal...
  
  
• Tamales
  Tamale
  A tamale — or more correctly tamal — is a traditional Latin American dish made of masa , which is steamed or boiled in a leaf wrapper. The wrapping is discarded before eating...
  
  
• Cuchuco is a thick soup made of wheat, fava beans, potatoes, ribs, peas, from Boyacá
  Boyacá Department
  Boyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...
  
  .
• Mondongo
• Changua
  Changua
  Changua is a typical hearty breakfast soup of the central Andes region of Colombia, in particular in the Boyacá and Cundinamarca area, including the capital, Bogotá. The dish has Chibcha origins....
  
  , a milk soup with or without a poached egg, usually a breakfast dish

Beverages

• Aguapanela
  Aguapanela
  Aguapanela or agua de panela is a drink native to southern Central America and northern South America. It literally means "panela water" as it is an infusion made from panela which is a hardened, concentrated syrup from the cane...
  
   is made by dissolving panela
  Panela
  Panela is unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Latin America, which is basically a solid piece of sucrose and fructose obtained from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice....
  
   (a kind of sugarloaf
  Sugarloaf
  A sugarloaf was the traditional form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process that saw the dark molasses-rich raw sugar, which had been imported from...
  
  ) in hot water. Lime juice may be added for flavor. It is common for Colombians to put cheese in their aguapanela for it to melt.
• Aguardiente
  Aguardiente
  Aguardiente , aiguardent , aguardente , and augardente are generic terms for alcoholic beverages that contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume...
  
   is alcoholic drink derived from sugarcane. It is widely consumed at Colombian parties, and ranges in potency from 20% to 40%. Aguardiente is a variation of the Spanish alcoholic drink.
• Guarapo is made from various fruits kept in a large ceramic jar and left to ferment for about 2 months. Within that time, panela is added into the liquid to makes the alcohol stronger. Grapes and pineapple are typically used. Guarapo is very similar to Chicha.
• Champús
  Champús
  Champús is a drink popular in Peru, Ecuador and southwest Colombia , made with maize, fruits such as lulo , pineapple, quince or guanábana, sweetened with panela and seasoned with cinnamon, cloves and orange tree leaves.In Peru it is drunk warm, and apple, guanábana and quince is used instead of lulo...
  
   is a thick drink made from corn, pineapple, lulo, and other ingredients.
• Chocolate
  Chocolate
  Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
  
   - Colombian hot chocolate is made with milk, water, and bars of semi-sweet chocolate. A special metal pitcher is used for heating and pouring, and a utensil called a molinillo
  Molinillo (whisk)
  A Molinillo is a traditional Mexican turned wood whisk. Its use is principally for the preparation of hot beverages such as hot chocolate, atole and champurrado. The molinillo is held between the palms and rotated by rubbing the palms together; this rotation creates the froth in the drink...
  
   - essentially a stick with paddles at the end - is used for stirring and frothing. Colombian hot chocolate often includes cinnamon.
• Chicha
  Chicha
  For the musical genre, see Peruvian cumbiaChicha is a term used in some regions of Latin America for several varieties of fermented and non-fermented beverages, rather often to those derived from maize and similar non-alcoholic beverages...
  
   is a formerly forbidden strong alcoholic beverage originally made by the indigenous peoples of the Andes. It can be prepared from virtually everything, but is typically made from corn.
• Canelazo
  Canelazo
  Canelazo is a hot alcoholic beverage consumed in the Andean highlands of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru.-In Ecuador and Colombia:It typically consists of aguardiente , sugar or panela, and agua de canela . Canelazo is traditionally made with homemade aguardiente, but bottled alcohol is also used...
  
   is an alcoholic version of aguapanela
  Aguapanela
  Aguapanela or agua de panela is a drink native to southern Central America and northern South America. It literally means "panela water" as it is an infusion made from panela which is a hardened, concentrated syrup from the cane...
  
   mixed with cinnamon and aguardiente
  Aguardiente
  Aguardiente , aiguardent , aguardente , and augardente are generic terms for alcoholic beverages that contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume...
  
  . Sugar is rubbed on the edges of the glass when served.
• Refajo is a beverage made by mixing Kola Hipinto(in santanderian region), Colombiana (in cities like Bogota) or Kola Roman (in the Caribbean region), with beer or rum.

• Colombia is also known world-wide for its exquisite coffee, which is considered to have a flavor unmatched by any other.
• Salpicón (which literally means large splash) is made from diced fruit and soda.
• Lulada is a drink originating from Cali. It is prepared from lulo
  Naranjilla
  Solanum quitoense, known as naranjilla |orange]]") in Ecuador and as lulo in Colombia, is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America. The specific name for this species of nightshade means "from Quito."...
  
   and has the texture and consistency of a smoothie.

• Malta: Carbonated malt non-alcoholic beverage (genericized trademark
  Genericized trademark
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  ).
• Masato: Its make from rice, maize or another ingredients, with smooth ferment.
• Chirrinche is distillated guarapo.
• Biche is and alcoholic drink of afrocolombians made up with unripe sugarcane.
• Guandiolo an Afrocolombian drink made with Borojo fruit that has alleged aphrodisiac
  Aphrodisiac
  An aphrodisiac is a substance that increases sexual desire. The name comes from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of sexuality and love. Throughout history, many foods, drinks, and behaviors have had a reputation for making sex more attainable and/or pleasurable...
  
   properties)
• Sabajón Sweet and creamy from the Cordillera Oriental. Its make from eggs, milk, with flavors and juice of fruits, with a licor on half o less concentration.
• Salpicón: sliced fruit in a glass mixed with Colombiana. Usually an appetizer or dessert.
• Colombiana: Is a soda with particular and different taste. (genericized trademark
  Genericized trademark
  A genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for, or synonymous with, a general class of product or service, rather than as an indicator of source or affiliation as intended by the trademark's holder...
  
  )

Fruits

• Aiphanes horrida
  Aiphanes horrida
  Aiphanes horrida is a palm native to northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. Aiphanes horrida is a solitary, spiny tree. In the wild it grows 3–10 metres tall tall with a stem diameter of 6–10 centimetres ; cultivated trees may be as much as 15 m tall with a 15 cm diameter...
  
   (corozo)
• Bactris gasipaes
  Bactris gasipaes
  Bactris gasipaes is a species of palm native to the tropical forests of South and Central America.There are numerous common names for this plant in several languages and many countries...
  
  , peach-palm (chontaduro)
• Banana passionfruit
  Banana passionfruit
  Banana passionfruit is the fruit of several plants in the genus Passiflora, and are therefore related to the passion fruit. They look somewhat like a straight, small banana with rounded ends. It was given this name in New Zealand, where passionfruit are also prevalent. In Hawaii, it is called...
  
   (curuba)
• Banana
  Banana
  Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
  
   (banano)
• Borojoa patinoi
  Borojoa patinoi
  Borojoa patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a mid-sized , tropical forest tree that belongs to the Rubiaceae family. It grows in the northwest area of Colombia in the Chocó Department and in the Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador, in areas of high humidity and an average temperature of 28°C, both...
  
   (borojó)
• Carambola
  Carambola
  Carambola, also known as starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The fruit is a popular food throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and parts of East Asia...
  
  , starfruit (carambolo)
• Cherimoya
  Cherimoya
  The Cherimoya is the fruit of the species Annona cherimola, which is native to the Andes. Today they are grown throughout South and Central America.-Description:...
  
   (chirimoya)
• Feijoa
  Feijoa
  Acca sellowiana, a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, is native to the highlands of southern Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. It is widely cultivated as a garden plant and fruiting tree in New Zealand, and can be found as a garden plant in Australia and...
  
  , Pineapple guava
• Guayabamanzana, Guava-apple hybrid
• Inga edulis
  Inga edulis
  Inga edulis is a fruit native to South America. It is widely grown, especially by indigenous Amazonians, for shade, food, timber, medicine, and production of the alcoholic beverage cachiri...
  
  , ice-cream-bean (guama)
• Loquat
  Loquat
  The loquat , Eriobotrya japonica, is a fruit tree in the family Rosaceae, indigenous to southeastern China. It was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes known as the Japanese medlar...
  
   (Níspero)
• Mamey sapote
  Mamey sapote
  The mamey sapote is a species of tree native to southern Mexico. Today, the tree is cultivated not only in Mexico, but also in Central America, the Caribbean, and South Florida for its fruit, which is commonly eaten in many Latin American countries...
  
   (mamey)
• Mamoncillo
  Mamoncillo
  Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called Spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, quenepa, mamoncillo, or honeyberry, is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalised over a wide area of the tropics, including South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and parts...
  
  , Spanish lime
• Mandarin orange
  Mandarin orange
  The orange, also known as the ' or mandarine , is a small citrus tree with fruit resembling other oranges. Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain or in fruit salads...
  
   (mandarina)
• Mango
  Mango
  The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...
  
  
• Passiflora edulis
  Passiflora edulis
  Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Paraguay, Brazil and northern Argentina . Its common names include passion fruit and passionfruit...
  
  , passion fruit (maracuyá)
• Murrapos, mini-bananas
• Naranjilla
  Naranjilla
  Solanum quitoense, known as naranjilla |orange]]") in Ecuador and as lulo in Colombia, is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America. The specific name for this species of nightshade means "from Quito."...
  
   (lulo)
• Orange
  Orange (fruit)
  An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....
  
   (naranja)
• Physalis peruviana
  Physalis peruviana
  Physalis peruviana is the plant and its fruit, also known as cape gooseberry , Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry, Peruvian cherry , poha , ras bhari , aguaymanto , uvilla ,...
  
  , Cape gooseberry (uchuva)
• Pitaya
  Pitaya
  A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several cactus species, most importantly of the genus Hylocereus . These fruits are commonly known as dragon fruit – cf...
  
  , Dragon fruit (pitahaya)
• Quararibea cordata
  Quararibea cordata
  Quararibea cordata is a large, semi-deciduous, fruit tree , native to Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It bears orange-yellow fruit which are soft, juicy and sweet and contain 2-5 seeds...
  
   (sapote)
• Rubus glaucus, similar to blackberry
  Blackberry
  The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by any of several species in the Rubus genus of the Rosaceae family. The fruit is not a true berry; botanically it is termed an aggregate fruit, composed of small drupelets. The plants typically have biennial canes and perennial roots. Blackberries and...
  
   (mora)
• Soursop
  Soursop
  The Soursop is tripti broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree native to Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America, Colombia and Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Soursop is also native to sub-Saharan African countries that lie within the tropics. Today, it is also grown in some areas...
  
   (guanábana)
• Strawberry guava
  Strawberry guava
  Psidium cattleianum, named in honour of notable English horticulturist Sir William Cattley, commonly known as Cattley guava or Peruvian guava, is a small tree , bearing small red or yellow fruit, which are somewhat sour but sometimes eaten or made into jam...
  
   (arazá)
• Strawberry
  Strawberry
  Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...
  
   (fresa)
• Sugar-apple
  Sugar-apple
  Annona squamosa is a species of Annona native to the tropical Americas and widely grown in Colombia, El Salvador, India, Pakistan and the Philippines...
  
   (anón)
• Sweet granadilla
  Sweet granadilla
  Passiflora ligularis, commonly known as the Sweet granadilla or Grenadia is a plant species in the Passiflora genus. The epithet ligularis comes from the plant's ligulate corollae. It is native to the Andes Mountains between Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia. It grows as far south as northern...
  
   (granadilla)
• Syzygium jambos, Malabar plum (pomarrosa)
• Tree tomato, tamarillo (tomate de árbol)

Desserts and Sweets

• Arequipe (Colombian's version of the Dulce de Leche
  Dulce de leche
  Dulce de leche is a thick,creamy, caramel-like milk-based sauce or spread.Literally translated, dulce de leche means "sweet from milk". It is prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a product that derives its taste from caramelised sugar. It is a popular sweet in Latin America, where...
  
  , a caramel.)
• Melado
• Flan
• Bocadillos is made with goyava.
• Oblea
• Manjarblanco is thicker version of Arequipe.
• Crepes
• Arroz con leche (Rice with milk)
• Mazamorra
  Mazamorra
  Mazamorra is a traditional maize-based Latin American food.-In Colombia:Mazamorra in Colombia is also known as Peto...
  
  
• Leche asada

External links

• Recipes Wiki on Colombian cuisine.