Hi, I'm from Peru

[Susita 175]

Hola a todos los Peruanos.....

I'm looking for some suggestions ... I am cooking Peruvian food for Luis and it is coming out pretty good! But I am using aji amarillo that is frozen - I can't get the fresh aji amarillo close by. How can I get it so that it's not so hot... Saco todas las venas y las pepas, pero todavia pica demasiado. is that because it's frozen? The fresh aji isn't that hot at all. Any ideas? I tried dipping it in boiling water for a few seconds but it only worked a little.

Necesito consejos! I want to make papa a la huancaina this weekend and don't want to burn the roof of my mouth off And I don't want to travel 1 1/2 hours to get fresh aji amarillo when I have 2 bags of it frozen in the freezer.

Gracias a todos!

[Martin11581 0]

Come on over to PATERSON, NJ, you will find everything here from PERU

[Susita 175]

Come on over to PATERSON, NJ, you will find everything here from PERU

I know but it's 1 1/2 hrs from my house LOL

We go sometimes I just want to know how to make this frozen aji not be so hot! My husband doesn't know because in Peru they always buy it fresh, maybe we will have to start our own garden & grow it in the spring.

[Vi Mazzella 4]

did you try bread???

[Susita 175]

Whenever I have to add aji amarillo molido, it's okay... but when I have to cut it in tiras (like for lomo saltado, etc.) it's too spicy. I have just been using the Peru Food brand aji amarillo molido and not putting it in whole I know it's not the same but we don't want to burn our mouths off, haha.

BTW the other day I made frijoles con seco (de carne) and Luis said I must have practiced a lot because it came out really really good. Sometimes we go to a Peruvian restaurant, but lately he just wants me to cook because he says it comes out better

The only thing I don't like to cook is the cow's stomach (yuck). My grandmother used to make that and I can't stand the smell. If he wants to eat that he has to go to the restaurant.

I ordered a box of cow hearts from the butcher to make anticuchos for Luis. I figure I will make a bunch & then freeze the rest of the hearts since we have to order 1 week in advance. They don't carry them in the supermarket here.

[mlybrand 0]

Just checking in. My wife and stepson had their interviews last week, visas in hand as of Friday, and plane tickets have been organized. Happily hanging up my bachelor hat on 02/15

Mark

[ardilla 0]

Whenever I have to add aji amarillo molido, it's okay... but when I have to cut it in tiras (like for lomo saltado, etc.) it's too spicy. I have just been using the Peru Food brand aji amarillo molido and not putting it in whole I know it's not the same but we don't want to burn our mouths off, haha.

BTW the other day I made frijoles con seco (de carne) and Luis said I must have practiced a lot because it came out really really good. Sometimes we go to a Peruvian restaurant, but lately he just wants me to cook because he says it comes out better

The only thing I don't like to cook is the cow's stomach (yuck). My grandmother used to make that and I can't stand the smell. If he wants to eat that he has to go to the restaurant.

I ordered a box of cow hearts from the butcher to make anticuchos for Luis. I figure I will make a bunch & then freeze the rest of the hearts since we have to order 1 week in advance. They don't carry them in the supermarket here.

Just checking in. My wife and stepson had their interviews last week, visas in hand as of Friday, and plane tickets have been organized. Happily hanging up my bachelor hat on 02/15

Congratulations! You must be very happy to have this process completed. Good luck on the rest of your journey.

[mlybrand 0]

Congratulations! You must be very happy to have this process completed. Good luck on the rest of your journey.

Yeah, baby! You know it!! I am so pumped right now. In a mere week my family will finally be here with me

Mark

[Susita 175]

Yeah, baby! You know it!! I am so pumped right now. In a mere week my family will finally be here with me

Mark

Mark ~ just wanted to check in and see how everything worked out!

Como están todos???

[Susita 175]

Hey Peruanos! Donde estan?

Just wondering if anyone is going to the festival in New Jersey in July...

[V&J2005 0]

Hey Peruanos! Donde estan?

Just wondering if anyone is going to the festival in New Jersey in July...

Hi Susita

I wish I were in NJ

We don't have peruvian food neither festivals, there's a latino festival in august where a least I can find some items

we are a small % of peruvians in my city

We usually have to order peruvian food online from another states or drive south in order to buy some peruvian items or find a peruvian restaurant

but we cook peruvian recipes in this house and my husband has learned to eat spiocy food

Please post some pic of the festival if you go, ok??

thanks for the info

[Susita 175]

Hi Susita

I wish I were in NJ

We don't have peruvian food neither festivals, there's a latino festival in august where a least I can find some items

we are a small % of peruvians in my city

We usually have to order peruvian food online from another states or drive south in order to buy some peruvian items or find a peruvian restaurant

but we cook peruvian recipes in this house and my husband has learned to eat spiocy food

Please post some pic of the festival if you go, ok??

thanks for the info

Hola Veroka

I definitely will post pictures... we are planning to go to the festival and then the week after is the famous parade in NJ. We're in NY but will make the trip there because it's so fun, it's like a 1 1/2 hr drive.

Speaking of Peruvian food I made anticuchos on Sunday for fathers day.

[Freda /Alejandro 0]

Hi! I'm not from Peru but fiancee' is in Arequipa (we just got NOA 1 on May5). I live in south central PA. I've enjoyed reading your posts because I have been so worried about things he will miss from home once he is here. I've already found a wonderful Peruvian restaurant and market where we can find some Peruvian foods. I'm even practicing some cooking for him-ha. His favorite dessert is Tres Leche cake. I've been looking for a recipe for it but the ones I've come across dont seem like the ones I've seen in Peru. If anyone has or knows where I can get the recipe for this please let me know.

Thanks for letting me barge in on your posts!

[Susita 175]

Hi! I'm not from Peru but fiancee' is in Arequipa (we just got NOA 1 on May5). I live in south central PA. I've enjoyed reading your posts because I have been so worried about things he will miss from home once he is here. I've already found a wonderful Peruvian restaurant and market where we can find some Peruvian foods. I'm even practicing some cooking for him-ha. His favorite dessert is Tres Leche cake. I've been looking for a recipe for it but the ones I've come across dont seem like the ones I've seen in Peru. If anyone has or knows where I can get the recipe for this please let me know.

Thanks for letting me barge in on your posts!

No problem The more the merrier.

I'm from NY, my husband is from Lima. If your fiancee is here for the 2011 Peruvian festival in NJ you guys should come! It's fun fun fun The parade is cool too.

Tres Leches cake is on the difficult side but not too hard, and the version I know how to make is Puerto Rican. I've had the tres leches cake in Peru and the only difference I noticed was that I couldn't really taste any leche de coco (in the Puerto Rican version that's usually one of the milks they use). I say give it a shot.

I cook all kinds of Peruvian food among other things. If you need any help with ingredients you can always ask here. I know some of the stuff is hard to find.

[TBoneTX 45,663]

Hey Peruanos! Donde estan?

A neighbor here, just Peru-sing this thread, si man. And why would anyone want to hold a festival (or anything else that requires presence) in Nueva Jersey, huh man?