FOOD

Typical food of Sucumbios

The province of Succumbios is a very good place to try delisious food.

We find exotic foods such as yacaré, turtle, snake, monkey and the drink of this place that is the sinchicara (made with a cassava maceration).

Among its most popular typical dishes we have:

The ceviche of palmito, the maila de tilapía or cachama, the chicha de yuca and chonta, the mayones or also called chontacuros.

Guayusa water is an energy drink that the

take before going out into the jungle. While the chicha de

Yucca is shared during ceremonies.

The chili is inevitable. Their different varieties have several degrees of spiciness. The main one is red, which they use in sauces, soups, they consume fresh or grated together with other foods.

In the Aguarico and Cuyabeno rivers, they are captured using methodstraditional fish several among them the guachinche

for thepreparation of dishes for the community.

The palm is one of the species that has several uses. 

The objective is to keep alive the culinary traditions and the biodiversity of the jungle.