PALLARES

Or legume stew is the oldest domesticated Peruvian man remains have been found in tombs of pre-Inca lima's coast for 7 and 8 thousand years, along with pumpkins (Cucurbita sp) and canna (Canna edulis).

In this age are cave drawings and ceramics pallares Scenes mágicoreligiosas.

The Peruvian professor Rafael Larco Hoyle (1966) and anthropologist Anne-Marie Hocquenghem (1987), argue that the lima beans were used by the Moche as a genre of writing and magic-religious communication.

A lot of pallares drawn in miniature, with depictions of daily life, magical and religious scenes and medicinal cures have been found in figurines, ceramics and gourds recordings.

The lima bean belongs to the genus Phaseolus and family, for its Andean origin, with various species of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).

Studies of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima Bean there are 12 varieties grown in the Andean region.

The Pallas was led by the Spanish in the sixteenth century Europe and then worldwide.

Madagascar and the United States currently produce large quantities and its main sales market is Europe and Asia.

Nutritional

It has great nutritional value and protein values:

Humidity 13.3%

330 calories food energy,

20.4g protein.,

0.8g fat.,

62.1g carbohydrates.,

6.0g crude fiber.,

3.4g ash.

Peruvians in their daily diet is consumed in stews and chili sauce.

The dish is more economical and rich in nutrients.

The lima beans, since the dawn of civilization, was the delicious food of the Peruvians who were eager to worship and to attribute magical and religious meanings.