Alguashte
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Alguashte is a seasoning typical of Salvadoran cuisine made from ground pepitas
, and is used on both sweet or savoury meals. Simple to make; it is often prepared at home, however it can also be purchased pre-packaged as well as from street vendors often as an addition to a meal or snack. It is added to foods such as beans and eggs, and to fruits such as unripe mango
, as well as to soups dishes such as shuco.
word of rural origin . Alguashte, however is understood also in urban areas throughout El Salvador.
Pepitas
Pepita is a Spanish culinary term for the pumpkin seed, the edible seed of a pumpkin or other cultivar of squash . The seeds are typically rather flat and asymmetrically oval, and light green in color inside a white hull...
, and is used on both sweet or savoury meals. Simple to make; it is often prepared at home, however it can also be purchased pre-packaged as well as from street vendors often as an addition to a meal or snack. It is added to foods such as beans and eggs, and to fruits such as unripe mango
Mango
The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...
, as well as to soups dishes such as shuco.
Etymology
Alguashte is a calicheCaliche
Caliche may refer to:*Caliche, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate.*Caliche slang, a collection of slang words unique to Salvadoran Spanish....
word of rural origin . Alguashte, however is understood also in urban areas throughout El Salvador.