Panama Food mainly comprises American and Spanish cuisine. The exquisite dishes come from the traditional recipes. As Panama is a coastal region food of Panama includes a lot of sea food. Food in Panama consists of fresh and healthy vegetables as well as fruits also. Even a lot ofherbs and varieties of spices are used in Panama Cuisine.
Types of Panama Food
- Carimanola
- Tortillas
- Empanadas
- Patacones
- Tamales
- Tajadas
Carimañola is basically a roll, which is made from ground and boiled yucca and stuffed with minced meat and boiled eggs and then fried. Tortillas are made with ground maize and then fried like pancakes. Empanadas are like Cornish pastries prepared from flour or other forms of corn pastries. They are generally filled with cheese, chicken or even meat.
Patacones are green fried plantains that are cut cross-ways into pieces and served after frying. Tamales is a popular local delicacy of Panama. It is made from boiled and ground corn with spices, chicken or pork being stuffed inside and boiled after wrapping it in a banana leaf. Tajadas is basically a ripe plantain cut in slices length-ways and baked with cinnamon.
Panama Food with all its variations, is indeed exotic.
