Vatapá

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Vatapá is the heart of Bahian cuisine — a luscious, creamy stew of shrimp simmered in a base of bread, peanuts, cashews, ginger, dried shrimp, coconut milk, and red palm (dendê) oil. The texture is rich and pudding-like, the flavor deeply layered with West African and indigenous Brazilian roots. Served over rice or with acarajé, it's a celebration of Afro-Brazilian heritage.

Ingredientes

Sirve 6

• 500 gcamarones, pelados y desvenados
• 100 gcamarones secos, remojados y picados
• 200 gpan duro, sin corteza, en cubos
• 1 cupleche de coco (para remojar el pan)
• 1 cuproasted peanuts
• 1/2 cupraw cashews
• 1 canleche de coco (400ml)
• 1/4 cupaceite de palma roja (dendê) - esencial
• 2 largeonions, chopped
• 4 clovesgarlic, chopped
• 2 tbspginger, grated
• 2 mediumtomates, picados
• 1pimiento rojo, picado
• 2malagueta o chiles de ave tailandeses, picados
• 1/2 cupcilantro fresco, picado
• 1lime, juiced
• 2 tspsalt
• 1 tspblack pepper

Instrucciones

1. 1

   Soak bread

   Soak bread cubes in 1 cup coconut milk 15 minutes.

2. 2

   Make base paste

   Blend bread (with milk), peanuts, cashews, dried shrimp, half the onion, half the garlic, ginger, tomatoes, bell pepper, and chilies until smooth paste.

   Licue en tandas si es necesario y raspe los lados para que no queden trozos de nuez o pan.

3. 3

   Cook aromatics

   Heat 2 tbsp dendê oil in heavy pot. Cook remaining onion and garlic until soft, 8 minutes.

4. 4

   Add base

   Stir in blended base paste. Cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent sticking.

   Utilice una cuchara ancha de madera y meta la mano en las esquinas de la olla para evitar que se queme.

5. 5

   Agrega la leche de coco

   Slowly stir in remaining coconut milk. Simmer gently 20 minutes, stirring frequently. Mixture should be thick and pudding-like.

6. 6

   Add shrimp

   Add fresh shrimp. Cook 5 minutes until pink and just cooked through.

7. 7

   Finish

   Stir in remaining dendê oil, lime juice, cilantro, salt, and pepper. Adjust seasoning.

8. 8

   Serve

   Serve over white rice or alongside acarajé. Top with extra cilantro.

Variaciones

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  Use chicken or fish instead of shrimp.

• •

  Add hearts of palm for texture.

• •

  Haga una versión vegetariana con más nueces, pan y palmitos en lugar de mariscos.

• •

  Sirva como relleno clásico de acarajé en lugar de sobre arroz.

Almacenamiento

Refrigerate up to 3 days. Tastes even better next day.

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