🥔 Causa limeña

Name: Causa limeña
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Peru · Lima
Ingredients: 1 kg yellow potatoes; 2–3 tbsp aji amarillo paste; Juice of 2 limes; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 250 g cooked or canned tuna, drained; 2 ripe avocados, sliced; Salt

Origin: Peru · Lima

330kcal

per serving · 200 g

165kcal

per 100 g

16 gProtein8 g / 100 g

14 gFat7 g / 100 g

36 gCarbs18 g / 100 g

Causa limeña is a chilled Peruvian layered dish of mashed yellow potato seasoned with lime juice and aji amarillo, a yellow Peruvian chili, filled with tuna and slices of ripe avocado. It is shaped in a ring or terrine and served cold in neat portions. The potato is smooth and tangy with gentle heat, contrasting with the creamy avocado and savoury fish.

Diets

✓

No pork

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Not vegetarianbecause of: tuna

Not veganbecause of: tuna

Not keto18 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Eggs ⚠ Fish

What it is made of

yellow potatoají amarillolimetunaavocado

Recipe

4 servings40 min

Ingredients

1 kg yellow potatoes
2–3 tbsp aji amarillo paste
Juice of 2 limes
2 tbsp vegetable oil
250 g cooked or canned tuna, drained
2 ripe avocados, sliced
Salt

Method

Boil the potatoes in their skins until tender, peel and mash or press until very smooth.
Season the warm mash with aji amarillo, lime juice, oil and salt; let it cool.
Mix the tuna with a squeeze of lime and a pinch of salt.
In a ring or lined dish, layer potato, tuna, avocado, then finish with potato. Chill for 30 minutes and unmould.

How to make it lighter

Use tuna packed in water and only the oil the mash needs — 1 tbsp of oil is about 120 kcal.
Make the tuna and avocado layers thicker and the potato layers thinner.
A cut of about 150 g makes a light starter alongside a salad.

History

Causa is built on Peru's native yellow potatoes and aji amarillo, both staples of Andean cooking. A popular story links the name to women who sold potato dishes to support soldiers during the War of the Pacific, but this explanation is not confirmed. Today causa is a classic starter in Lima homes and restaurants.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →