Today we are going to continue our food tour.
Sim, we are still in Brazil! Now let's hop on a tiny helicopter
and let it lead us to....
Salvador!
Ah, the city of colours! The food we are going to prepair is also quite colourful! Ever heard of Mogueca? If you have, great, but since you probably have no idea I'm going to inform you briefly: Moqueca [muqueca] is a traditional brazilian type of seafood stew. In Brazil, it's been an integral part of their diet fo over 300 years! Since we are on a bahia state of Brazil (means northeast) we are cooking the moqueca baiana type of stew.
This recipe actually has a story behind it. We got this recipe from our travel agent Maija, who used to have her own restaurant in Brazil. It was a finnish restaurant called Koskenkorva:D Too bad we didn't get the chance to eat there but instead we had an awesome chance of tasting this moqueca! Afterwards, she sent us this recipe, with her message on it and we still have the original piece left! (though we used a scanned version while cooking, not wanting to ruin it)
When starting to cook moqueca, be prepared to spend a while doing your groceries!
(Maija's) Moqueca
1 kg of fish(originally the fishes used in this recipe were something called bajedo (cod like fish)and namorao (the name stands for boyfriend..)which we sadly couldn't find from a finnish supermarket :( Wonder why! However, if possible buy cod,pike perch of salmon)
2 handfuls of shrimps (these are fully obligatory)
5 tblspn of olive oil
3 onions
3 tomatoes
3 gloves of garlic
1 big piece of red pepper
stack of fresh cilantro
2 dl of coconut milk
2 dl of white wine ( the rest can be served as a drink!)
(Tabasco if you prefer spicy)
1. Take a huge pot and fry the onions and the garlic in the oil, add (sliced) tomatoes and pepper
2.Add the fish on top of the vegetables, don't blend! Add white wine and let it cook for half an hour (in ALL peace, ahem)
3. Add coconut milk and chopped cilantro (and shrimps)
4. Let stew from 5 to 10 minutes (the longer the better)
5. Serve whit white rice and a fresh salad
Mmm...once again, tasty! Takes a while but totally worth it!
Now that we've enjoyed this masterpiece of our kitchen I guess it's time to head back to airport. We can't just travel in Brazil in these travel series of mine...
Wait...where is this plane going!
...I think it's travelling to our next blog entry! (means that it's a secret...wait means that I don't know)
अलविदा! (just a hint of our next destination)
- Momo
P.S Wondering why I'm always the one to write these? The actual reason for that is the fact that I happen to be on a reading vacation and bored as hell:D
I actually shouldn't sit here, writing this.
I have my math finals tomorrow
I'm actually not even good at maths
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