Fish & seafood
Shrimp Vatapa (Vatapá)
Thick Bahian cream of bread, peanuts, coconut milk and shrimp.
Ingredients
- 200 g sandwich bread without crusts
- 300 ml milk
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 300 g peeled shrimp
- 100 g toasted peanuts
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 30 g palm oil (dende)
- 1 piece of fresh ginger
- 1 bunch cilantro
- Salt and pepper to taste
Step-by-step
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- Soak the bread in the milk for 10 minutes and set aside.
- Put the peanuts in the mixing bowl and grind 20 sec/speed 8; set aside.
- Put the onion, garlic, ginger and cilantro in the mixing bowl and chop 5 sec/speed 5.
- Add the dende oil and saute 6 min/Varoma/spoon speed.
- Add the soaked bread, the coconut milk and the ground peanuts.
- Blend 30 sec/speed 6 until you get a smooth cream.
- Set 15 min/90°C/reverse/speed 3, stirring the cream.
- Add the shrimp and cook 6 min/90°C/reverse/spoon speed.
- Season and serve with white rice and acaraje.
Tips
- Stir so the cream does not stick to the bottom.
- The dende is key for the Bahian color and aroma.
- Serve piping hot.
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