The document describes a typical Ecuadorian dish called chigüil, which originated in the city of Guaranda in Bolívar Province. Chigüil is a meal wrapped in a corn flour sheet that contains lard, egg, and onion. It takes its unusual name from how newborns were wrapped tightly in belts. There are variations made with egg that can be filled with pork or chicken. To make chigüil, the filling is placed on a corn leaf and wrapped carefully as was once done with belts for newborns. In addition to chigüil, other Ecuadorian dishes mentioned include hornado, fried foods, and tamales.

1. Typical Food
The most representative is the chigüil food, a meal wrapped in a
sheet made from corn flour, water, lard, egg and onion.
This is a typical Ecuadorian plate comes from the province of
Bolívar specifically Guaranda city, famous as the birthplace of one
of the most attractive country carnivals and chigúil a typical dish
from this city is primarily enjoy Carnival. Its unusual name comes
from the shape of its envelope originates in two facts: the
ancestors newborns called "chigüil bus" or "chigüilitos" and
wrapped in a girdle, giving them very tight turns.
There is another variety of chigüiles, which are made with egg, and
can be filled pork or chicken in this recipe is optional , but are not
typical egg and cheese Indian.
But surely his greatest merit is to know chigüil wrap. Amid the corn
leaf and placed it is folded over. The blade becomes twisted and
envueleve carefully as once was done with the belt. The tip fits
remaining throughout, under the folds.
Apart from this we can discover many more dishes as hornado, fry,
tamales , etc.