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Pajagua Mascada

Name: Pajagua Mascada
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Paraguay
Ingredients: 400g Ground Beef; 300g (frozen is fine) Cassava; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Egg; A pinch Oregano; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil

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⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground beef kneaded with cassava and shallow-fried — Paraguay's meat patties.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pajagua mascada is a traditional Paraguayan meat patty whose name comes from Guaraní. Ground beef is mixed with boiled, mashed cassava (mandioca), onion, and garlic, shaped into flat rounds, and shallow-fried. Crisp outside and chewy inside, it's served with boiled cassava or salad.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At midday in a Paraguayan home, flat meat patties sizzle in a frying pan and are plated with boiled cassava.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground Beef 400g
Cassava 300g (frozen is fine)
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Egg 1
Oregano A pinch
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Vegetable Oil 4 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the cassava until soft, remove the core, and mash.
Finely chop the onion and garlic.
Knead the ground beef, cassava, onion, garlic, egg, oregano, salt, and pepper well.
Divide into 8 and shape into flat rounds.
Heat plenty of oil in a frying pan and shallow-fry 4–5 minutes per side until golden.

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