Moqueca Baiana

Name: Moqueca Baiana
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: 800g white fish fillets; 400ml coconut milk; 3 tbsp palm oil dendê; 2 tomatoes, sliced; 1 onion, sliced; 2 red and yellow peppers, sliced; 4 cloves garlic; juice of 2 limes; fresh coriander to finish

Brazil

The great dish of Bahia, the heart of Afro-Brazilian culture. Cooked in clay pots called panela de barro.

Bahian fish stew — fresh fish cooked in coconut milk and palm oil with peppers and coriander. The great dish of Afro-Brazilian cooking.

Prep

15 mins

Cook

25 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

475 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

800gwhite fish fillets

400mlcoconut milk

3 tbsppalm oil dendê

2tomatoes, sliced

1onion, sliced

2red and yellow peppers, sliced

4 clovesgarlic

juice of 2limes

fresh corianderto finish

Method

Marinate fish in lime and salt 15 minutes.

Fry onion and garlic in palm oil. Add tomatoes and peppers. Cook 5 minutes.

Add coconut milk. Bring to a simmer. Add fish. Cook 12 minutes.

Finish with coriander.

Chef's Tip

Palm oil gives moqueca its distinctive red colour and flavour — it cannot be substituted in the Bahian version.

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