Typical Foods of San Salvador.



The Pupusas.

Pupusas are a traditional food throughout El Salvador, anywhere in the country can find a place that sells pupusas (pupusería), any day of the week. Originally pupusas are made with corn dough and stuffed with pork and cheese, cooked on a griddle and served with seasoned vinegar. Today there are a variety of pupusas and corn not only rice but also are known as Olocuilta by origin. Here, regardless of mass, the filling can be pork, cheese, ground bean and cheese, scrambled (pork, cheese and ground beans), cheese loroco, and a variety of ingredients currently found in all pupuserías the country.

Tamales.

Tamales are wrapped dough in banana leaves or corn cob, depending on its type. Tamales can be chicken or chicken, where the mass is of special concern because it gives the flavor to the tamale, and was filled with chicken or chicken and you can also add chickpeas and potatoes into small pieces. Besides these are the corn tamale with no filler but only the mass that is made from ground corn kernels, butter and salt, and are also known pishques tamales, span> that are made with corn dough with black beans, but the mass should be added enough lime, so that the flavor known as pishque. Pishques tamales and chicken wrapped in banana leaves, unlike those which are wrapped in corn husks from corn.

The Enchiladas.

The enchiladas in El Salvador are made with corn dough and achiote is added and butter and fried. Served with chicken, seasoned, boiled egg, and grated cheese. They added some other ingredients depending on the taste of people, such as sauces, avocado, cream or other. Despite its name in El Salvador do not have the chile enchiladas as its main ingredient, but if desired can be added to them.