Glossary of Peruvian Cuisine
Most Common Terms, Dishes, and Ingredients.

Chuño: A freeze-dried potato starch, traditionally produced by the Quechua and Aymara communities in Peru and Bolivia. Potatoes are exposed to the sub-zero night temperatures of the Andes, and subsequently dehydrated by exposition to the intense sunlight of the day.

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