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WHAT TO EAT IN SAN JUAN CHAMULA
Like everything in this town, the gastronomy has a marked indigenous influence.
Among the most typical dishes are: caldo de gallina (chicken broth), mushrooms prepared in various ways, habas con hojas verdes (broad beans with green leaves), masa con pollo (dough with chicken), rice with pumpkin seeds, and bean tamales.
In San Juan Chamula you can try a very strong alcoholic drink known as pox, although it is pronounced "posh", which is a fermented corn. They mainly use it for celebrations or ceremonial acts.
Another drink that is typical in this picturesque town is Vok Ich, which looks like atole but is a salty drink and is served as the main course at lunch. It is made with nixtamalized corn dough that is placed in a clay pot with water and salt is added until the desired seasoning is reached. Bean guides with their flowers are added to this mixture and heated over firewood. Sometimes it is seasoned with dried chile and served with tortillas. This is a drink that is used in patron saint celebrations.
Finally, you must try the traditional “pozol”, made from yellow corn that is stored in banana leaves and accompanied with salt and chili.
Gastronomy and typical cuisine in San Juan Chamula
“Arroz con Pepita de Calabaza” (rice with pumpkin seeds) Recipe
Ingredients for 6 people:
- 300 grams of rice
- 200 grams of ground beef
- 50 grams of ground pumpkin seeds
- 50 gramos de flor de frijol
- 600 milliliters of water or chicken broth
- 4 chayotes
- 2 tomatoes
- ½ onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 bunch of mint
- oil, enough
- salt to taste
Directions:
Wash and disinfect all the vegetables.
Sauté the meat with the onion, garlic and salt.
Sauté the rice until it is golden and add the onion in small cubes.
Add the water, the pumpkin seed and the bean flower and lastly add the meat and bring to a boil.
Cut the chayote, onion and tomato into small cubes.
In a pot, cook the chayote in water and then add the tomato, onion and mint.
Accompany the rice with the boiled chayote.
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