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Mote Pillo
Ecuadorian highland hominy sautéed with achiote aromatics, milk and softly scrambled eggs.
About Mote Pillo
Mote pillo is a traditional Ecuadorian highland dish of cooked hominy and scrambled eggs, especially associated with Cuenca and Azuay. This profile follows Ecuadorian author Layla Pujol's butter-and-milk version.
Hominy brings a mild toasted-corn flavour and pleasantly chewy bite. Butter, milk and egg make it rich and soft, while onion, garlic, achiote, chives and cilantro give the grains a savoury, herbaceous finish.
The dish is golden and rustic, with plump white hominy kernels held among tender egg curds. It remains moist but not saucy, with flecks of green herbs and warm annatto colour.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Mote Pillo
Layla Pujol's Ecuadorian Mote Pillo.
- Cooked hominyChewy corn base
- ButterRefrito cooking fat
- EggsSoft scramble
- White onionSweet aromatic
- GarlicSavoury aromatic
- Ground achioteWarm colour and earthy seasoning
- MilkMoisture and dairy richness
- ChivesFresh allium finish
- CilantroFresh herbal finish
- SaltSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cooked hominy:
- Butter:
- Eggs:
- White onion: . White onion selected from the source white-onion, spring-onion or leek choice
- Garlic:
- Ground achiote:
- Milk:
- Chives: . Chives selected from the source chives-or-scallions choice
- Cilantro: . Cilantro selected from the source cilantro-or-parsley choice
- Salt:
Origins & food traditions
Ecuadorian recipe author Layla Pujol supplies a complete mote pillo recipe and identifies it as a traditional highland and Cuenca specialty; Ecuador’s official tourism portal independently identifies mote pillo as part of Azuay food culture and describes its mote, egg, cheese and lard tradition.
Countries
- Ecuador
- EcuadorCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Ecuadorian Cuisine
- Andean Cuisine
- Azuay Cuisine
- Ecuadorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.