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In Brazil, the traditional couscous is made from cornmeal. [7] A variant is cuscuz branco. Feijoada: A stew of beans with beef and pork, [8] similar to the French Cassoulet and the Portuguese Feijoada and other former Portuguese colonies' versions of the dish. Galinhada: A stew of rice with chicken, which is a typical Brazilian dish in the ...
The vatapá is a Brazilian dish made from bread, shrimp, coconut milk, finely ground peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste. The bobó de camarão is a dish made with cassava and shrimp (camarão). The acarajé is a dish made from peeled black-eyed peas formed into a ball and then deep-fried in dendê (palm oil).
The dish has spread throughout the country as the most representative recipe of Brazilian cuisine. Revised, expanded, and enriched, feijoada is no longer just a dish. Today, as Câmara Cascudo also noted, it is a complete meal. The culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has compared Feijoada to American soul food. She has also linked the use of ...
Mocotó (Brazilian Portuguese:) is a Brazilian dish made from cow's feet, [1] [2] stewed with beans and vegetables. The name is derived from the Kimbundu mbokotó. This dish is also popular in Portuguese cuisine, where it is known as mão de vaca com grão. The only difference in the Portuguese variation is the inclusion of chickpeas.
Açaí na tigela – a Brazilian dish made of frozen and mashed açaí palm fruit, it is served as a smoothie in a bowl or glass. [3] Amanteigado – a buttery cookie or biscuit; Baba de moça Bananada Bem-casado Beijinho – a common Brazilian birthday party candy [4] Beijo de mulata; Bijajica – a cookie; Biriba or biribinha; Biroró
Empadão. Empadão is a traditional Portuguese dish, [1] also popular in Brazil.It is a preparation made on an oven that can contain red meat, chicken, [2] tuna, [3] codfish [4] and seafood between layers of mashed potato, dry dough, rice, [5] bread [6] or inside of wheat flour pasta, [7] although the ground meat-mashed potatoes version is the more traditionally used, [1] similar to the ...
The 1957 song "Vatapá" by Brazilian songwriter Dorival Caymmi is named for the dish. The lyrics contain the recipe for the dish, listing the key ingredients and providing basic instructions for its preparation. The song was later covered by Gal Costa, appearing on her tribute album of Caymmi's songs, Gal Canta Caymmi (1976).
Akara (as it is known in southwest Nigeria) a recipe taken to Brazil by the enslaved peoples from the West African coast. It is called "akara" by the Yoruba people of West Africa, "kosai" by the Hausa people of Nigeria, and "koose" in Ghana. It is a popular breakfast dish, eaten with millet or corn pudding.