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Cebiche
Cebiche is a very know peruvian seafood dish that originated in middle of the peruvian territory.
It looks like a tipic seafood but it has fresh raw fish cured in fresh citrus juices(lemonds) with a special flavor and spiced with chili peppers or other seasonings like coriander, chopped onions, salt and more.
We can enjoy many kinds of ceviche around our country as you should:
Types of cebiche:
Octopus cebiche:
It is a fish cebiche but octopus cebiche is prepared with some tender octopus or boiled water to soften it`s meat.
Fish cebiche:
It's the most common kind of ceviche, from cuts of square-shaped pieces of fish that are later mixed with lemon and salt.
Mixed cebiche:
It is one that contains the same ingredients as the common ceviche, to which various seafood or fish have been added.
Amazonian cebiche:
It's typical plate from the amazon in our country, it basically consists of being prepared with regional fish meat, like paiche, dorado, doncella and corvina. It usually has charapita pepper.
Cebiche of tollo:
It's prepared with shark, it's common in the Peruvian north coast.
Chinguirito:
It consists of shredded dried guitar meat, a species of ray native to Sechura Bay, it's marinated with lemon juice, limo and red onion. It's usually accompanied with yucca, corn and sweet potato.
There's so many types of cebiche everywhere, it depends from the zone so, it's probably you can found different kinds of cebiche in every region in Peru. Our country is so diverse in gastronomy. We can enjoy all the types of food with good taste when we visit Peru.
Eating Habits
Hi! I'm Fabrizio Mesia and I'm from Iquitos, Peru.
For breakfast, I usually eat some cereal with milk or i drink a cup of coffee and eat some bread. I sometimes make a sandwich with cheese and a glass of orange juice.
For lunch, I usually have chicken, some rice with green salad and lemonade. It's very tasty ! but sometimes i eat some tuna with race.
For dinner, I often have a fruit juice(banana, strawberries and apples) or a sandwich with milk. I also like having dinner at restaurants every weekend.
I only have 3 foods in 1 day but i sometimes can eat many potatoes or drink some juices in the afternoon.
