🇧🇷 Brazil recipe
Vatapá
A rich, aromatic Bahian specialty of West African origin, vatapá is a thick, creamy paste made from bread, coconut milk, ground peanuts, cashews, dried shrimp, and dendê palm oil. It can be served as a main course over rice or as the essential filling for acarajé. Its complex layers of flavor define the soul of Bahian cuisine.
Prep45 mins
Cook30 mins
Serves6
Difficultyhard
Ingredients
- 300g dried shrimp
- 200g stale French bread (pão francês), crusts removed, torn into pieces
- 400ml coconut milk (full fat)
- 100g roasted peanuts, unsalted
- 80g roasted cashews, unsalted
- 1 large onion, roughly chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
- 3 tablespoons dendê oil (red palm oil)
- 2 malagueta peppers or 1 habanero, seeded
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt to taste
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 440
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 26 g
- Fat
- 28 g
