Vatapá
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Vatapá (Yoruba: Ẹ̀bà Tápà), is an Afro-Brazilian dish made from bread, shrimp, coconut milk, finely ground peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste. It is a typical food of Salvador, Bahia, and it is also common to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil. In the northeastern state of Bahia it is commonly eaten with acarajé, and as a ritual offering in Candomblé, with acaçá or acarajé. Vatapá is often eaten with white rice in other regions of Brazil.
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- Vatapá
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- Brazil
- Food.main_ingredient
- Bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts, palm oil
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Vatapá (Yoruba: Ẹ̀bà Tápà), is an Afro-Brazilian dish made from bread, shrimp, coconut milk, finely ground peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste. It is a typical food of Salvador, Bahia, and it is also common to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil. In the northeastern state of Bahia it is commonly eaten with acarajé, and as a ritual offering in Candomblé, with acaçá or acarajé. Vatapá is often eaten with white rice in other regions of Brazil.
==Etymology== "Vatapá" is derived from the term Yoruba words: Ẹ̀bà Tápà.
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