Colombia

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Jugo de Guanábana

A Colombian fresh juice of soursop (guanábana), water, and sugar, served with ice. A creamy, tropical juice drunk with meals nationwide.

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Jugo de Lulo

A Colombian fresh juice of lulo (naranjilla), water, and sugar, served with ice. A tangy, tropical juice drunk with meals nationwide.

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Jugo de Mora

A Colombian fresh juice of blackberry (mora), water, and sugar, served with ice. A sweet-tart, deep-purple juice drunk with meals nationwide.

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Kumis

Antioquia's fermented cow-milk drink — tangy, lightly fizzy, sometimes spiked with aguardiente — bottled and sold chilled across Colombia. A paisa breakfast marker alongside arepa and hogao.

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Lechona

A Tolimense specialty: a whole pig stuffed with pork, rice, peas, and spices, roasted for hours until the skin is crackling. Served with arepa and aji, a festive dish.

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Limonada de Coco

A Colombian Caribbean-coast drink of lime juice, coconut milk, and sugar, blended with ice until frothy. A creamy, refreshing coastal beverage.

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Limonada de Panela

A Colombian drink of lime juice, panela, and water, served ice-cold. A sweet, tangy, refreshing beverage, especially on the Caribbean coast.

🇨🇴Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Lulada

Cali's signature thirst-quencher: lulo fruit hand-crushed — never blended — with ice and sugar into a frothy, tart, pulpy refreshment, thicker than juice and colder than a Valle afternoon deserves.

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Lulo

Naranjilla

A Colombian tropical fruit (naranjilla) with orange, fuzzy skin and green, tart pulp. Used in juices, champús, and desserts, a national favorite.

🇨🇴Meta, Colombia

Mamona

Ternera a la llanera

The signature dish of the Colombian Llanos: a young, unweaned calf skewered on poles and slow-roasted vertically around a bonfire. Smoky, salty, and tender.

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Mango Biche

A Colombian street snack of green (unripe) mango sliced and served with salt, lime, and chili. A tart, crunchy Caribbean-coast favorite. In Cartagena the same green-mango stick is sold under the name caballo de rico.

🇨🇴Cali, Colombia

Marranitas

A Cali and Valle del Cauca snack of ripe plantain stuffed with chicharrón (pork rind), fried until golden. A savory, crispy, and chewy street food.

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Masato

A Colombian fermented drink of rice or corn, water, and panela, lightly alcoholic. An Andean and Orinoquía beverage, served cold or at room temperature.

🇨🇴Boyacá, Colombia

Mazamorra

A Colombian Andean dish of cooked white corn kernels served with milk, panela, and cheese. A simple, rustic breakfast of the highlands, especially Boyacá.

🇨🇴Bogotá, Colombia

Mazorca Desgranada

A Colombian snack of corn kernels scraped from the cob, served with butter, cheese, and hogao in a cup. A popular street food, especially in Bogotá.

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Maíz Blanco

Colombian white corn, used in arepas, bollos, mazamorra, and peto. A staple of the Andean and coastal cuisine, ground into meal or cooked whole.

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Melado

A Colombian sweet of panela and sugar cooked into a thick, dark syrup, used to glaze pastries or eaten with cheese. A rustic, traditional sweet.

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Merenguitos

Colombian hard meringue cookies, crisp and sweet, made with egg whites and sugar. A bakery and coffee-accompanying sweet, sold in paper bags.

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Merengón

Cloud-like dessert nest of crisp meringue layered with whipped cream and tart fruit — lulo, strawberry or maracuyá — the standard birthday and Sunday-lunch finale across Colombia.

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Milhoja

A Colombian layered pastry of thin, crisp puff pastry with arequipe and cream between the layers, topped with sugar. A bakery and party classic.

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Mogolla

A rustic Colombian wheat-flour bread roll, round and dense, used for sandwiches or eaten with butter and hot chocolate. A traditional bakery staple of the highlands.

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Mondongo

Sopa de mondongo

Tripe soup slow-cooked for hours with pork, corn, yuca and potato in a hogao-scented broth, served with rice, avocado, banana and arepa. In Bogotá it is the legendary "mondongo santafereño"; across Central America the same pot answers to sopa de mondongo.

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Mora

Colombian blackberry (mora de Castilla), a tart, deep-red berry used in juices, jams, and desserts. A staple of the Andean highlands, served fresh or juiced.

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Morcilla Colombiana

Colombian blood sausage of pork blood, rice, and peas, grilled or fried. A staple of bandeja paisa and picadas, served with arepa and lime.

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Mote de Queso

A Caribbean-coast soup of cassava, costeño cheese, coconut milk, and cilantro, thick and creamy. A Córdoba and Sucre specialty, served with lime and avocado.

🇨🇴Santander, Colombia

Mute

A Santander soup of corn, beans, pork, and vegetables, slow-cooked until thick. A rustic, hearty highland stew, served with rice and avocado.

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Natilla

A Colombian Christmas custard of milk, cornstarch, panela, and cinnamon, cooked until thick and sliceable. Served with buñuelos, the holiday dessert icon.

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Obleas

Colombian wafer sandwiches of two thin wafers filled with arequipe, jam, cheese, or condensed milk. A street and park snack, sweet and crunchy.

🇨🇴Meta, Colombia

Palo a Pique

An Orinoquía stew of beans, rice, meat, and spices, cooked slowly until thick. A plains specialty, served with plantains and avocado, hearty and rustic.

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Pan Aliñado Colombiano

Pan aliñado

The everyday "seasoned bread" of Colombian bakeries: a soft wheat roll laced with anise seed and lightly sweetened dough, baked with a glazed golden top and torn apart for coffee or hot chocolate.

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Pan de Maíz

A Colombian cornbread made with fresh corn, cheese, and butter, baked until golden. Sweet and dense, it is a coastal and Andean bakery staple.

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Pan de Sagú

A Colombian bread made with sagú (sago palm) starch and cheese, baked until golden. A traditional bread from the interior, soft and slightly chewy.

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Pan de Yuca

A Colombian baked cheese bread made with cassava flour and cheese, similar to Brazilian pão de queijo. Small, round, and chewy, it is a coastal and Amazonian snack.

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Panchito

A Colombian mini hot dog or sausage in a small bun, served with pink sauce and crushed chips. A party and kids' snack, popular at celebrations.

🇨🇴Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Pandebono

A round Colombian cheese bread from Valle del Cauca, made with cassava starch, corn flour, and costeño cheese. Soft, chewy, and best eaten warm, it is a breakfast icon.

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Panela

Papelón

Colombian unrefined cane sugar, sold in hard blocks, used to sweeten aguapanela, juices, and desserts. A national staple, the base of many drinks and sweets.