chili recipe

• A Journey From Bananas to Chips

Until 1993 Luis Augusto Pajuelo, a farmer in Piura, north-western Peru, was selling bananas at a very low price. Then he hit on the idea of marketing a traditional, locally based snack -- thinly sliced banana chips, deep-fried on 100% vegetable oil and lightly salted, with chili peppers added to create a spicy food, using a secret home-grown recipe. His business Industrias Agricolas SRL still prepares the product in a traditional manner. But today Chifles can be found, as a salty, sweet or spicy snack, in supermarkets, major stores and specialty shops, not just in Peru, but in Canada and Spain. In 2005 Industrias Agricolas accepted a joint invitation by ITC and the Binational Fund for Peace and Development (Peru-Ecuador) to take part in the training program for entrepreneurs focused on ...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 2/2007, Janvier 2007