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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Peruvian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Causa: | 2. Squeeze the lemons and marinate the onion in the lemon juice with salt, pepper and chili powder. | 3. Boil the potatoes with their skins on. Peel once cooked and mash them with a fork. | 4. Add the lemon juice and onion. | 5. Add the oil gradually in order to keep the mixture smooth. | 6. To serve causa without stuffing put the mixture into a mold and chill for 1 ½ hours. | 7. To serve, unmold and garnish with olives, quartered hard boiled eggs and cubes of cheese. | 8. Divide the causa mixture into three parts. Cover the bottom of a mold with one part. | 9. Mix the tuna with mayonnaise and onion. | 10. Then add a layer of half the tuna mixture. Add a layer of causa followed by a layer of the remaining tuna. | 11. Add the sliced avocado. | 12. Cover with the third layer of causa and garnish with hard boiled eggs, cheese cubes and olives. | 13. Refrigerate for at least 1½ hours. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow potato	3	lbs		1618.4037	318.7847	27.0641	25.1601
chili powder	1	teaspoon		7.614	1.3419	0.3634	0.3856
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
black olive	10			-	-	-	-
queso fresco	1		cubed	364.78	3.6356	22.0698	29.0604
onion	1		minced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
lemon	4			5.1233	1.6465	0.1943	0.053
hard egg	3		boiled	-	-	-	-
tuna	1	can		-	-	-	-
mayonnaise	1	cup		837.52	0.0	0.8584	92.8
onion	1			64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
cheese	4	ounces	cubed	400.30199999999996	2.6536	24.2676	32.5912
avocado	1		peeled sliced	-	-	-	-
hard egg	3		boiled	-	-	-	-
black olive	10			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.