Moqueca baiana (Bahia-style fish stew) | Matching Food & Wine

Ingredients

• 6 black peppercorns
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 10g root ginger
• 6 coriander seeds
• ½ pimenta malagueta or hot red chilli, deseeded
• 20g dried salt shrimps
• 900ml coconut water
• 420g dried coconut meat
• 240g young (green) coconut meat
• 550g filhote or catfish steaks, or hake or halibut fillets
• juice of ½ lime
• salt
• 20ml dendê (palm) oil
• 30g onion, chopped, plus 30g onion, sliced
• 30g tomato, chopped, plus 30g tomato, sliced
• 5g garlic, crushed
• 3 pimentas-de-cheiro or other mild chillies
• 30g red pepper, sliced
• 20g green pepper, sliced
• 5g coriander leaves, roughly chopped
• 5g spring onions, finely chopped