TYPICAL DISHES AND BEVERAGES
In spite of having a very small population, Madre de Dios does
have typical dishes based on the food of the zone. Among the
most well-known dishes are patarashca, a steam cooked fish wrapped
around banana leaves; motelo, a turtle meat soup served in its
shell; muchangue, turtle eggs served with unripe steamed bananas;
timbuche or chilcano, a soup of regional fishes, such as, the
palometa, sapamana, mojarreta or gusasaco; tacacho, coal cooked
bananas served with pieces of fried pork cracklings and chopped
onions.
The mazato, the typical drink in the area, is made of fermented
yucca, chapo and a blend of very ripe bananas and milk.
