Today I will share with you my recipe of “Torrejas” this “dish” is like a vegetable fritter, In Peru is prepared most of the time at home but can be found in some street food vendors, its common to be consumed as a breakfast.

Usually I share with you a “story” with every dish and this one starts like this….

My father doesn’t cook at all, he is like most men of his generation, He expected his wife cook for him and he worked all day long, sadly for him my mom is not like women of her generation, she did not want to be a house wife so she enrolled to college, she was on school on weekends so she was out all day long. My dad on those weekends had to manage to cook something for lunch/dinner usually he bought food; however, I remember that we cooked a recipe together, that one was a “Torreja”. I was surprised to see my dad cooking, it was something it did not happen often, my dad did his best effort to cook and made a “Torreja” a Veggie fritter, simple but delicious, I can recall that it was bland since he did not add enough salt but I guess we were so hungry that we did no care.

Cooking this dish bring back a lot of memories not only my dad made torrejas, my grandmother also did and it was a “healthy” breakfast I used to help her and we cook a lot of items since we had to feed all my aunts, once we were done we sat  together on a big table and talk I usually  listened to my “abuelito” stories.

Use a whisk to make your life easier, you can lightly season your “Torrejas” and you can season it againg once its on the pan.

Many people in Peru eat “Torrejas”  for me is a great way to have veggies in the morning, best of all is that it can be done really fast and it takes almost no skill

Comment below what you think about this recipe, what is your favorite fritter?