Sopa Atzeca (Mexico)

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Cost: Cheap
  • Preparation time: 5 Minutes
  • Portions: 4 people
  • Cooking methods: Boiling
  • Cuisine: Mexican
  • Seasonality: All seasons

*Epazote:

The epazote, or apazote, in Peru is known as paico, as in Colombia, also with the names ambrosia, holy herb (La Guajira), epasota, pasota, pazota (Arauca and Casanare), yerbasanta (Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena, Sucre).

In Venezuela it is known by various names depending on the region: Hormiguera, Pasote, Pasota, Pazote.

In Paraguay and northeastern Argentina as ka’arô.

It also exists in the dried version, but it can only be found in well-stocked ethnic cuisine specialty stores, or it can be substituted with arugula or wild fennel.

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