The document summarizes typical foods of Colombia, including empanadas, arepas, bandeja paisa, sancocho, almojabana, pandebano, lechona, tamales, manjar blanco, bocadillo de guayaba, natilla, and buñuelos. It also mentions fruits unique to Colombia like lulo, curuba, and guanabana. Colombia is the largest producer of mild coffee in the world.

1. Typical Food
Of Colombia

2. EMPANADAS AND AREPAS
Empanadas
• The empanadas are characterized for
the crunchy cover of flour of corn. And
inside are stuffed with meat, rice,
chicken, potato…You eat it with ají,
(spicy salsa).
• The empanadas and the arepas are the
most popular food eaten by Colombians
Arepas
• The Europeans say, the arepas are the
bread of Colombians, because the
people eat them, with the same
frequency, as other countries eat
bread. The arepas are made with dough
of corn but you can fill it with cheese,
meat, chicken, eggs… Depending on the
arepa you may put butter and salt.

3. BANDEJA PAISA AND SANCOCHO
BANDEJA PAISA
• Is a food typical of the zone of
Antioquia. It is another food very
typical of Colombia. The bandeja
Paisa,is identified by the size and the
many foods it is composed of.It has:
meat, egg, rice, avocado, plantain
(macho) , beans (frijoles), sausage
(chorizo), arepa and tocino.
SANCOCHO
• The Sancocho is a type of “soup”. It
has: chicken, meat, carrots, plantain
(macho verde), corn, onion, yuca (is a
type of vegetable, typical in many foods
of Colombia), potato, potato criolla (is a
type of potato but is smaller and is
yellow), and cilantro.

4. ALMOJABANA AND PANDEBONO
ALMOJABANA
• The almojabana is a”sweet”
product, and made with flour ,a lot
of cheese, sugar and butter. It is a
type of round “bread”. And it is
typical in the zone of Bogotá (the
capital).
PANDEBONO
• This food is delicious to eat with
avena (a drink), normally it is eaten
at lunch. It is made with flour of
yuca, flour of corn, cheese and
eggs. Also it is round, like
almojábanas.

5. LECHONA AND TAMALES
LECHONA
• The lechona is the most popular food
in Colombia, normally it is prepared
for parties, Christmas or New Year
and other events...It is from the
zone Andina (Tolima), it is a pig filled
with it’s own meat, rice, beans. It is
so delicious!!!
TAMALES
The tamales are another food typical at
Christmas. They are usually eaten for
breakfast or for a main course, and are
always delicious accompanied by a chocolate
drink and bread. It is made with a special
dough for tamales. And also has: leg of
chicken, meat of pig, rice, beans, carrots,
potatoes, egg, and stew with different
things. And it is wrapped in leaf of
plantain.

6. MANJAR BLANCO AND BOCADILLO OF
GUAYABA
Manjar Blanco or Arequipe
• The Manjar Blanco or arequipe is a
sweet, made with milk and sugar
cane, also it’s more typical to eat
at Christmas. It is delicious!!
Usually it is put in a totuma (a fruit
of the tree totumo, it is a type of
shell)
BOCADILLO OF GUAYABA
• It is a sweet from the fruit
guayaba, usally eaten with
cheese. But it can also be
eaten with another thing or
alone.

7. OTHER DESSERTS OF COLOMBIA
CHOLAO
MILHOJAS COCADAS
PASTEL GLORIA
ARM OF QUEEN
MANTECADA
BREVAS WITH AREQUIPE
CAKE THREE MILKS

8. FRUITS ONLY FOUND IN COLOMBIA
Carambola
Curuba
Granadilla
Guanábana
Lulo
Pitahaya
Tomate de Árbol
Uchuva
Zapote

9. NATILLA AND BUÑUELOS
BUÑUELOS
• The natilla and buñuelos, are the most typical foods eaten at
CHRISTMAS. The buñuelos are a type of cheese bread, and it is made
with flour of corn, and cheese,it is round. And the natilla is a sweet, it
is made with milk, panela and flour of corn, also it is made with arequipe
or coconut.
NATILLA

10. GLOBALLY, COLOMBIA IS THE COUNTRY FIRST
IN COFFEE PRODUCTION AND THE LARGEST
PRODUCER OF MILD COFFEE IN THE WORLD

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