Carapulcra

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Carapulcra carries the weight of centuries in every spoonful—a Quechua and Aymara stew born from the Andes, where hot stones once cooked the meal and gave the dish its name. Today it's pork and papa seca (those papery, rehydrated potatoes) bound together with ground peanuts, aji panca and mirasol peppers, garlic, and clove, creating something simultaneously earthy and bright. The stew arrives at your plate beside rice, boiled potatoes, or yuca—humble anchors for a dish that refuses to be simple.

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Carapulcra, or carapulca, is an ancient Andean dish that has been prepared for centuries by both Quechua peoples and Aymara peoples. The original term for this dish in the Aymara language is qala phurk'a, which means a stew made with hot stones. In contemporary Peruvian cuisine and Bolivian cuisine, it is a stew of pork and papa seca (dehydrated potatoes), with peanuts, aji panca and mirasol peppers, garlic, and other spices like clove. In ancient times llama meat or alpaca meat would have been used, and some people still use these meats today. It is usually eaten with rice, boiled potatoes or yuca.

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