Maca flour

Maca (Lepidium meyenii) or also known as Peruvian ginseng (although it has nothing to do with ginseng) is a plant that belongs to the Brassicaceae family, which grows in the central Andes of Peru, above 4,000 meters of altitude. They have been cultivated for more than 2,000 years and up to thirteen varieties have been described, the most studied have been the black and the red.
Its shape is small and flattened, its tuberculous root (it is the edible part) looks like a radish and its color is yellow, purple or yellow with purple bands. A host of beneficial health properties are attributed to maca, which has earned it the nickname “superfood.”