The festa of São Cosme and São Damião (Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian) occurs on the 27th of September. It’s a day when everybody eats carurú, a kind of vegetable stew made from quiabo (okra), dried shrimp, dendê oil, and ground cashews. However, whenever someone says they are having a carurú, they mean that guests […]
Moqueca de Peixe (Fish Stew)
Generally there are two kinds of moquecas: moqueca baiana from the state of Bahia in the northeast of Brazil, and moqueca capixaba from the state of Espírito Santo in the southeast of Brazil. The baiana version is made with dendê (palm) oil while the capixaba version uses olive oil instead. Both are cooked in a […]
Bobó de Camarão
To get a taste of Bahia, try making this classic dish. Let us know how it turned out. Bobó de camarão, translated as shrimp bobó in English, is a Brazilian dish of shrimp, puréed manioc (a.k.a. cassava or yuca), coconut milk, and other ingredients. Like many Bahian dishes, it is flavored with palm oil, called […]