Lupinus...!!!

Here in Ecuador and in the countries located in the Andes like Peru and Bolivia you can see a very strange seed with a really awesome flavor; I’m talking about Lupinus; this small seed has an incredible nutritional percentage. It has more than 51% of proteins, nutrients etc.

It’s important to remember that if this seed is not well cultivated or clean it can produce a disease called anthracnose, so every time you want to eat lupinus make sure they are completely clean.

In the past the lupinus seeds were used for fertilization of the ground and to make special dishes or sauces.

Working with seeds...!!!

During English classes we worked with Lupinus seeds; I mean dry seeds, we used the ones that had anthracnose and the ones that were clean and good. I worked with my partner Juan Alban and we made some decorative flowers in a pot; we used basically both kinds of seeds.

First we used a foam flex balloon, silicon and a stick. My design was like one line of good seeds and the other bad seeds. It looks very creative and original because this kind of garnish you can use to decorate an ornamental plant or just to decorate the lounge.

Recipe...!!!

We also made a recipe; we made “Lupinus Ceviche” the ingredients were basically Lupinus, tomato juice, onion, tomato, salt, pepper and lemon. In my opinion, preparing this recipe was extremely easy, and the result was delicious, we also added “tostado” that it’s a seed that comes from the corn.

In the recipe I worked with Juan Alban, David Mayorga and Evelyn Molina, we made a great job and a delicious recipe, we decided to make it simple because when you use a lot of condiments or onion for example the result it’s not the same and the Lupinus losses its special flavor.

A big recommendation for the recipe: When you are ready to add the lupinus you first have to take the cover out for a better digestion.

Every group prepared delicious recipes; I saw that some of them used different kind of ingredients; one group used tuna and the result was delicious, its in your-self what ingredients you are going to use, remember everything mixed with Lupinus is delicious.

This kind of Work with Lupinus was a new experience because I had never seen Lupinus dry seeds, and also because it made us open our mind to create different things and to create a recipe to satisfy our hungry…XD

And like the TV said “Consume real food…”