Bahia

Moqueca baiana

Name: Moqueca baiana
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 800 g firm fish steaks fish; 2 tbsp lime lemon juice; 4 cloves crushed garlic; Salt, to taste; 2 in rings onion; 3 in rings tomato; 1 in rings red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper); 1 in rings capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 2/3 cups thick coconut milk; 2 tbsp dendê oil red palm oil; Coriander leaves (cilantro), chopped; 1 slit green chilli

Fish stewed in coconut milk with tomato, peppers and red palm oil. Bahia's golden, sunny pot.

50 minTime

30 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayBahian moqueca with dendê.

The original

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Moqueca baiana.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish800 g firm fish steaks

Lemon juice2 tbsp lime

Garlic4 cloves, crushed

Saltto taste

Onion2, in rings

Tomato3, in rings

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, in rings

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1, in rings

Thick coconut milk1⅔ cups

Red palm oil2 tbsp dendê oil

Coriander leaves (cilantro)chopped

Green chilli1, slit

Method

4 steps

1Marinate fish with lime, garlic and salt for 20 minutes.
2Layer half the onion, tomato and peppers in a wide pot, then fish, then the remaining vegetables.
3Pour over coconut milk and palm oil, add chilli and half the coriander. Cover and simmer gently 15 minutes without stirring.
4Finish with the remaining coriander and serve.

Serve it like this

Bring the pot to the table and serve with white rice, farofa and a spoon of pirão or chilli sauce.

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Moqueca baiana

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