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"I love hispanic food and plantains are one of my favorite things to eat. Here is a unique soup for all you adventurous chefs:) Please do not let your plantains turn yellow-black because they will turn sweet. Must use green plantains."

Ingredients: cilantro, cumin...

"This soup looks delicious. I found the recipe at www.laylita.com/recipes. Posted for ZWT 2008."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"Here is a nice, simple recipe for traditional Ecuadorian potato soup. I have not tried this yet & am posting for ZWT 4."

Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, green peas...

"My friend from Ecuador made it for us and I tried to replicate it with much success. It's now one of my favorite soup to make. If you like a creamier soup, you can make it with 3 cups soy milk and 1 cup water."

Ingredients: cumin, vegetable bouillon cubes...

"Plan ahead for your Easter feast! I read an article in The New Yorker magazine regarding a letter from Ecuador by Calvin Trillin about a Spanish soup that he adores called Fanesca, a thick and hearty soup heavy on the beans, which is only available during holy week. Well, the article didn't come with a recipe but I found several on-line, all..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh ground pepper...

"The grated plantain in this coastal Ecuadoran soup gives the dish a wonderfully light and creamy body. Tiny and virtually flavorless, annatto seeds, also known as achiote seeds, are commonly used throughout Latin America to add a distinctive reddish yellow color to sautéed foods. They are available in Latin markets and the Latin section of some..."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"This is a great diabetic recipe mainly because you wouldn't think it was anything but a really good recipe, but also just because it is just a really good recipe. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 3 carbohydrate (3 bread/starch), 1 vegetable"

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, angel hair pasta...

"Caldo de Bolas is a stuffed plantain dumpling soup found throughout Ecuador. The dumplings don't traditionally contain flour, but are lighter and easier to handle with some added. Use plantains that are heavily mottled and will turn black within a day or two. Cooking Light magazine."

Ingredients: cumin seeds, eggs...

"An recipe from Ecuador. Check out the step by step pictures. The dumplings are delicate.
From: http://laylita.com/recipes/2009/03/31/caldo-de-bolas-de-verde/
Laylita writes, "...this is a typical soup from the coastal region in Ecuador; it consists of dumplings or balls made from green plantains and stuffed with meat and vegetables..."

Ingredients: cilantro, pepper...

"Fanesca is a salty peanut and cream-based soup served in the Andes of Ecuador for Easter. The traditional recipe has 12 grains for the 12 disciples and fish in observance of the Catholic meat regulations, and was made with care and much preparation shelling and cooking the grains. This is NOT the traditional recipe, but an imitation which is still..."

Ingredients: pepper, hominy, cumin...

"My sister in law spent a few years in Ecuador, and brought back this recipe. She said you could buy it from vendors on the beach."

Ingredients: shrimp, lemons, orange juice...

"Entered for safe-keeping for ZWT. An Ecuadorean recipe from www.laylita.com, sometimes used as a hangover cure. Yuca or cassava or cassaba should be available at latin supermarkets. The Pickled Red Onion and Tomato Salsa is essential to make this an "Encebollado"."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"This is one of the oldest soups made in South America, dating back to the time of the Inca empire. This is a very tasty and nutritious soup. From The South American Table, by Maria Baez Kijac. This is a requested posting."

Ingredients: ground cumin, unsalted dry roasted peanuts...

"This is an Ecuadorean soup with a good flavor. The ingredients are very typical to Ecuador. I sometimes use half beef stock and half chicken stock, for a lighter flavor. Achiote oil is optional. You can use Achiote Oil. This could be made vegetarian by using a good vegetable stock and omitting the butter. Recipe from Cocinemos Con Kristy, Tomo 2."

Ingredients: cabbage leaves, curry powder...