LOCRO, the choosen dish to celebrate Patriotic Dates

Locro (from the Quechua ruqru) is a hearty thick stew popular along the Andes mountain range. Its origin dates to before the Spanish colonial times.

The defining ingredients are corn, some form of meat (usually beef, but sometimes beef jerky or chorizo), vegetables, beans, squash or pumpkin. It is mainly eaten in winter.

It is considered a national dish and is often served on May 25, the anniversary of the May Revolution and July 9, the anniversary of our Independence Day.

My mother is from the province of Tucuman, where the Independence of Argentina was declared and where Locro its a very common meal. She use to prepare Locro and Empanadas for special ocasions, like birthdays, as she did on July 4th for my youngest brother birthday. Here you can see the Locro in the pot, being prepared:

If you want to know how to do it, in this link, its explained how to do it, step by step and with pictures:

http://www.encontrarse.com/notas/pvernota.php3?nnota=26149

My mother served it in earthenware bowls:

And here is the final product :)

In this video, you can see my mother serving it and explaining which are the main ingredients:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NqbGfZHk4



Buen provecho!