Brazil
Photo: BR, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedMoqueca baiana
/moˈkɛkɐ/moh-KEH-kah
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- Taste
- SavoryRich
- Made with
- FishSeafood
History
Moqueca is a seafood stew of fish or prawns with tomato, onion, peppers and coriander, cooked in a clay pot. The Indigenous peoples of Brazil wrapped fish in leaves and cooked it over embers, and the name may come from a Tupi or Kimbundu word. The version from Bahia, moqueca baiana, shows the influence of African cooking brought by enslaved people: it is rich with dendê, palm oil, and coconut milk, and turns bright orange. In neighbouring Espírito Santo, locals insist on their own version, cooked without palm oil or coconut in a black clay pot made by local women potters.
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