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Main ingredients Cornmeal, Cheese, Stock, Broth Similar Cheese, Chipa Guasu, Sopa paraguaya, Broth, Mbeju | ||
Cocina rica tv vori vori de pollo
Vorí vorí is a thick, yellow soup with little balls made of cornmeal, corn flour, and cheese.
Contents
- Cocina rica tv vori vori de pollo
- Vori vori relleno de pollo chicken stuffed vori vori soup
- Origin of the name
- Ingredients
- Preparation
- Interesting facts
- References
As every dish of the Paraguayan popular gastronomy, the vorí vorí is rich in proteins and calories, fact that has historical reason, proven fully and scientifically.
Vori vori relleno de pollo chicken stuffed vori vori soup
Origin of the name
The name "vorí vorí" comes from the Guarani language, one of the two official languages of Paraguay. In Guarani the plural of any word it's made by repetition. So, "vorí" is one, but "vorí vorí" are two or more.
The word "vorí", that names the dish after being duplicated, it's a derivation of the Spanish word "bolita" ("little ball" in English, in allusion to the little corn balls that can be found in the dish), that word translated to the Guarani was "borita", and finally shortened to "vorí". Then, "vorí vorí" it's "bolita bolita".
Vori vori is traditionally served during the cold winter months, to keep those that eat it warm; although it is eaten occasionally during the summer.
Ingredients
To make a typical vorí vorí are needed: corn flour, fresh cheese, fat soup or broth and, of course, water.
There are other variants generally denominated "vorí vorí blanco" with additional ingredients such as: oil, garlic, onion, pumpkin, milk and rice.
Preparation
The corn flour and the crumbled cheese are put in a container, moistening this mixture with the fat broth until it is the mixture from which the little balls are made.
Every vorí should have the size of a big grape. Once that there enough little balls were made, these are poured in a boiling soup and let boil about 5 minutes. If the soup were too thick, it can be thinned by adding more boiling water.
Interesting facts
The traditional vorí vorí is also known as "vorí vorí caldo".