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Colombian Rice & Fernando Botero

Mariana Ayón RV by Mariana Ayón RV
March 5, 2026
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Lenten Recipe: Colombia Rice With Shrimp

Ingredients:

  • 800 grams raw shrimp
  • 2 cups rice
  • 1/2 white onion
  • 1 green onion
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1/4 leek
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1/2 large carrot
  • 1/2 cup peas
  • 5 tablespoons natural tomato puree
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon annatto
  • 2 tablespoons shredded coconut
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Chopped cilantro to taste for garnish

Preparation:

  1. To begin, prepare the broth in which the rice will be cooked. Peel the shrimp and reserve the shells. In a pot, sauté half the bell pepper, the onions, the leek, and one tablespoon of tomato puree in oil. Stir and then add the shrimp shells. Add 4 cups of water, stir, and let it cook for about 10 minutes. If foam appears, remove it with a spoon. Strain everything and set aside.
  2. Cook the peas and carrots separately for 5 minutes.
  3. Add two tablespoons of olive oil, the annatto (if you have it), and the previously washed rice to a hot pot and sauté it briefly. After cooking for about 3 minutes over high heat, reduce the heat and add the 4 cups of water, 1 teaspoon of salt, and the turmeric. Let the rice cook.
  4. When the rice is almost done, in a separate pan, add olive oil and the remaining onions, bell pepper, leek, garlic, and tomato puree. Over medium heat, stir until the mixture becomes slightly glossy and the onions are translucent. Then add the shrimp. Keep in mind that if the shrimp are pre-cooked, they only need to cook briefly. In my case, they were raw and took about 7 minutes to cook. You’ll know they’re ready when they turn reddish-orange and shrink slightly.
  5. The final step is to mix the rice, shrimp, peas, and carrots. Stir in the shredded coconut, lemon zest, and juice. Add cilantro to taste and serve.

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero was born in Medellín, Colombia in 1932 and died in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 2023 at the age of 91. He was a Colombian visual artist: painter and sculptor with seven decades of artistic production. He was known as one of the most renowned artists of the Americas, he was so outstanding in the history of art with his voluminous pieces that his work fostered the emergence of an artistic movement called “Boterismo”. Fernando Botero’s work is the most expensive in Latin America, breaking the record with the sculpture “Horseman” auctioned for $4.3 million USD and with the painting “Adam and Eve” sold for $2.9 million USD. At the age of 17 he participated in a collective exhibition in Medellín and at the age of 19, in 1951, he held his first solo exhibition in Bogotá. In 1952 he won a prize and with this, together with the sale of some of his works, he was able to pay for his studies in Madrid at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Art, not counting the drawings he sold outside the Prado Museum. Botero’s artistic work is distinguished by co rpu l ent and voluminous representat ions, somet imes of objects, sometimes of animals, sometimes of people; however, these voluminous representations have refined details, allowing for contrasts in the same work. His aesthetics show influences from Mexican mural ism and his narrative corresponds to Colombian daily life. Fernando Botero called himself “the most Colombian of Colombian artists.” 

Son of a seamstress mother and a horse-seller father. Fernando Botero donated more than 120 works of art to the collections of museums in Colombia, in order to enrich the cultural heritage, as well as to allow access to the general public, since his macro-format sculptures can be seen in the city of Medellín, in Colombia.

Arroz Colombiano y Fernando Botero

Arroz con camarones a la colombiana

Ingredientes:

  • 800 gramos de camarón crudos
  • 2 tazas de arroz 
  • ½ cebolla blanca 
  • 1 cebolla verde 
  • 1 pimentón rojo
  • ¼ de puerro
  • 2 dientes de ajo picado
  • ½ zanahoria grande
  • ½ taza de chícharo
  • 5 cucharadas de puré de tomate natural
  • Sal y pimienta al gusto
  • ½ cucharadita de cúrcuma
  • ½ cucharadita de achiote 
  • 2 cucharadas de coco rallado 
  • Ralladura de 1 limón 
  • Jugo de medio limón
  • Cilantro picado al gusto para adornar

Preparación:

  1. Para empezar, es necesario preparar el recaudo o caldo en el que se cocerá el arroz. Para debes pelar los camarones y reservar las cáscaras. En una olla saltea con aceite la mitad de la cantidad del pimentón, las cebollas, el puerro y una cucharada del puré de tomate. Revuelve y agrega luego las cáscaras de los camarones. Agrega 4 tazas de agua, revuelve, y deja cocer por unos 10 minutos. Si sale espuma, quítala con una cuchara. Pasa todo por un colador y reserva.
  2. Cocer los chícharos y la zanahoria aparte por 5 minutos. 
  3. Agrega a una olla caliente dos cucharadas de aceite de oliva, el achiote (si tienes) y el arroz previamente lavado que vayas a usar y sofríelo un poco. Luego de hacer esto por unos 3 minutos a alta temperatura, bájala y agrega las 4 tazas de agua, 1 cucharadita de sal, la cúrcuma y deja que el arroz se cocine. 
  4. Cuando falte poco para que el arroz esté listo, en una sartén aparte agrega aceite de oliva y el resto de cebollas, pimentón, puerro, el ajo y el puré del tomate. A temperatura media revuelve hasta que el guiso se vaya poniendo un poco brillante y las cebollas transparentes. Agrega luego los camarones. Ten cuenta que si estos están previamente cocidos el tiempo que los debes dejar es muy breve. En mi caso éstos estaban crudos y se demoraron alrededor de unos 7 minutos en estar listos. Puedes ver que están listos cuando cambian de color a rojizo-naranja y se encogen un poco.
  5. El paso final es mezclar el arroz, los camarones, los chícharos y la zanahoria. Revuelve y agrega el coco rallado, la ralladura del limón y su jugo. Agrega cilantro al gusto y sirve.

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero nació en Medellín, Colombia en 1932 y murió en Montecarlo, Mónaco en 2023 de 91 años fue un artista plástico: pintor y escultor colombiano con siete décadas de producción artística. Conocido como uno de los artistas más reconocidos del continente americano, fue tan sobresaliente para la historia del arte con sus piezas voluminosas propiciando con su obra el surgimiento de un movimiento artístico llamado el “Boterismo”. 

La obra de Fernando Botero es la más cara de Iberoamérica rompiendo el récord con la escultura “Horseman” subastada en $4.3 USD millones de dólares y con la pintura “Adán y Eva” vendida en $2.9 USD millones de dólares. A los 17 años participó en una exposición colectiva en Medellín y para los 19 años, en 1951, llevó a cabo su primera exposición individual en Bogotá. En 1952 ganó un premio y con éste más la venta de algunas de sus obras logró pagarse sus estudios en Madrid en la Real Academia de Arte San Fernando, se mantuvo con la beca y los dibujos que vendía en las afueras del Museo del Prado. 

La obra artística de Botero se distingue por representaciones corpulentas y voluminosas, ya de objetos, ya de animales, ya de personas; sin embargo, estas representaciones voluminosas cuentan con detalles refinados, permitiendo la contraposición en la misma obra. Su estética muestra influencias del muralismo mexicano y su narrativa corresponde a la vida cotidiana colombiana. 

Fernando Botero se nombró a sí mismo “el artista colombiano más colombiano de los artistas”. Hijo de madre costurera y padre vendedor a caballo. 

Fernando Botero donó más de 120 obras artísticas a las colecciones de museos de Colombia, en aras de enriquecer el acervo cultural, así como permitir el acceso al público general, pues sus esculturas de macroformato pueden ser vistas en la ciudad de Medellín.

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Mexican poet and writer. Interested in hispanic-latinamerican cultures. Settled in Mexico, she is currently studying a Master's Degree in History.

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