A Bahian, Pará-style okra and shrimp curry | Recipes | Foodism

A Bahian, Pará-style okra and shrimp curry | Recipes | Foodism

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This traditional Bahian dish has come to be associated with an African-Brazilian religious ritual called Candomblé – but all you really need to know is it's delicious.

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Ingredients

  • 700g whole dried salt shrimps
  • 40ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 50g onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp crushed garlic
  • 15g green pepper, diced
  • 35g tomato, chopped
  • 2 cumari-do-Pará or other mild yellow chillies, chopped
  • 400g okra, cut into 1cm-thick rounds
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 250g fine, untoasted cassava flour
  • pinch of ground cumin
  • black pepper
  • 20ml dendê (palm) oil
  • 1½ tbsp hand-torn cilantro (Mexican/long coriander)
  • 1½ tbsp hand-torn basil
  • 150g jambu (Pará cress/toothache plant) or watercress
  • Brazilian-style White Rice to serve
  • 50g dried salt shrimps, heads removed

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