Brazilian Vatapá

Ingredients

• 400g raw prawns
• 100g dried shrimp, soaked
• 200g stale bread, soaked in milk
• 1 cup roasted cashews
• 1 cup roasted peanuts
• 1 can coconut milk
• 2 onions
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 thumb ginger
• 2 tbsp dendê oil
• 3 tomatoes
• Salt
• Coriander

Instructions

1. Blend the cashews and peanuts with coconut milk to a thick paste.
2. Blend onion, garlic, ginger and tomato; fry in dendê oil.
3. Add the nut-coconut mixture; cook 10 minutes.
4. Squeeze the bread out of the milk and blend in.
5. Stir in soaked dried shrimp and fresh prawns.
6. Cook 8 minutes until thick and the prawns are done.
7. Finish with coriander.

Serving suggestions

• Serve over rice with hot sauce.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 2 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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