About the dish
Acarajé is the most famous street food of Salvador and all of Bahia, closely tied to Afro-Brazilian culture and the Candomblé religion. The batter is made from skinned black-eyed peas ground with onion and salt, whipped until fluffy and fried by the spoonful in hot dendê palm oil until the fritters turn orange and crisp. At the stalls they are split and filled with creamy vatapá made from bread, peanuts, prawns and coconut milk, with caruru okra stew, tomato salad and dried prawns, and hot pepper sauce on request. They are sold by baianas de acarajé in traditional white dresses and headwraps. Similar fritters are known in West Africa.
Main ingredients
- black-eyed peas
- onion
- dendê oil
- dried prawns
- vatapá
- tomatoes
Brazil: A symbol of Salvador, sold at street stalls by baianas dressed in white.
More: Wikipedia (en)
