Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden
A recipe blog by a Chilean living in the USA
Versión en español Cauliflower is trendy today, but these fried cauliflowers have always been part of the Chilean home cuisine. Cauliflower fritters bring back many memories for me. As a kid, I did not like them at all, I was one picky eater, but after moving out for college, I learned to appreciate my family’s …
Versión en español From time to time, we have foreign guests for dinner. Houston is a city that receives many people from other countries for 2-4 years; many come to work while others come to study, and some stay as we did. This time, the guests were two German men and two Chinese women. On these …
Versión en español Learn to prepare a delicious Cream of celery. Every year comes when I have to harvest my celery because it’s getting too hot in Houston, and it may die. This happens every year, and despite the advice of my garden mentors, I plant celery. Celery needs cold weather, and most Houston winters are …
Versión en español I love introducing American friends to this grain and thinking of new ways to serve it. I decided to make this Chilean Barley Risotto Mote with a risotto technique but mote (Chilean wheat berries, but more similar to barley) and spring vegetables. Delicious and also highly recommended with Fall/Winter vegetables such as pumpkin, …
Versión en español As a girl, I was not too fond of beans, and I hated that my family would love having soup in summer … now I eat Porotos Granados with pleasure. This dish is another ode to our seasonal summer vegetables in Chile, so many sunsets spent shelling beans for lunch the next …
Versión en español Chilean Papas con Mote, or Potatoes with wheat berries, is an ancient and traditional dish in the countryside. It can be the main dish or a side dish to a protein. It’s very flavorful. Growing up, I spent the summer on the coast of the Seventh region, central Chile, and I remember …
