\u201cVatap\u00e1\u201d originates from Africa and it is one of the great classics of the state of Bahia’s cuisine, characterized by the distinct flavor of ingredients such as palm oil, coconut milk and coriander. Prawns are the basis for a cream-like sauce, which is served with “aca\u00e7\u00e1” or white rice, and is also used as a filling for “acaraj\u00e9” (fried bean pasties). This is a very rich recipe, but the everyday version may be made only with fish and fresh prawns or with leftover chicken (cooked and shredded).<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong> Preparation method<\/strong> Yield: 4 – 6 servings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Posted on: 11 November 2011<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cVatap\u00e1\u201d originates from Africa and it is one of the great classics of the state of Bahia’s cuisine, characterized by the distinct flavor of ingredients such as palm oil, coconut milk and coriander. Prawns are the basis for a cream-like sauce, which is served with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes-en","category-savoury-dishes-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saborbrasil.it\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 300 g fish fillets
\n\u2022 200 g fresh prawns
\n\u2022 100 g dessicated shrimps
\n\u2022 200 g salt cod
\n\u2022 2 ripe tomatoes
\n\u2022 \u00bd onion
\n\u2022 1 green (spring) onion
\n\u2022 50 g sweet pepper
\n\u2022 salt
\n\u2022 fresh parsley
\n\u2022 fresh coriander
\n\u2022 50 ml corn oil
\n\u2022 hot pepper
\n\u2022 150 g stale bread
\n\u2022 200 ml coconut milk
\n\u2022 500 ml fish stock or water, approximately
\n\u2022 2 tablespoons palm oil<\/p>\n
\n1. Soak the salt cod and the dessicated shrimps, separately, in cold water to cover, for 24 hours refrigerated, changing the water every 6 hours.
\n2. Blanch the salt cod on low heat, crumble and remove any bones.
\n3. Drain and grind the (no longer) dried out shrimps.
\n4. In a large saucepan saut\u00e9 the onion in the oil, the green onion and the black pepper (grated or blended together).
\n5. Add skinned and cubed tomatoes, finely chopped garlic and herbs.
\n6. Add the fish, shrimps, cod, prawn, the bread soaked in coconut milk and cook stirring occasionally until it thickens to a soft paste. If necessary add a little more stock to adjust the consistency.
\n7. Add the palm oil at the end of cooking.
\n8. Serve as a sauce on its own with “aca\u00e7\u00e1” or white rice.<\/p>\n