Ecuador may not be a tourist destination for India yet, but Héctor Cueva Jácome, the consul general representing Ecuador in Mumbai, aims to change this. Last week, he hosted a travel and culinary introductory event in the city as the first step in this direction.

Encocado de Pescado is fish in a coconut stew which is made tangy with oranges and lemons. Pics/Phorum Dalal

When we heard about Ecuador, we instantly thought of Argentine Marxist revolutionary and physician Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and his travels through the South American country, along with his friend Alberto Grenada in 1952. Their journey was chronicled in the book, The Motorcycle Diaries, and later a film by the same name.

Boasting of the Amazon rainforest, the pacific coast, Andes — the highlands — and the Galapagos islands, each of the four diverse regions in Ecuador offers a distinct cuisine. Priscila Moscoso Meiller, the trade officer at the Consulate General of Ecuador in Mumbai, gave us a lowdown of the local food culture.