🇧🇷 Brazil recipe
Acarajé
Acarajé is the most iconic street food of Bahia, brought to Brazil by West African enslaved peoples and preserved by the Baianas de Acarajé who still sell them on street corners in Salvador. Black-eyed pea fritters are deep-fried in dendê palm oil until golden, then split open and generously stuffed with vatapá, caruru, and dried shrimp.
Prep1 hr + overnight soak
Cook40 mins
Serves12
Difficultyhard
Ingredients
- 500g dried black-eyed peas, soaked overnight
- 1 large white onion, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 500ml dendê oil (red palm oil) for deep frying
- 200g dried shrimp, roughly chopped for stuffing
- 250g prepared vatapá (shrimp and nut paste) for stuffing
- 200g prepared caruru (okra and shrimp stew) for stuffing
- 2 malagueta peppers, minced for hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Lettuce leaves and sliced tomato for garnish
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 360
- Protein
- 13 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 20 g
