DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Caruru
A thick Bahian okra stew traditionally enriched with dendê oil, dried shrimp, and ground nuts or seeds.

About Caruru
A thick Bahian okra stew traditionally enriched with dendê oil, dried shrimp, and ground nuts or seeds.
Ingredients in Caruru
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- Palm oilcooking medium
- Sesame Seedseasoning
- Okrabase
- Dried shrimpseasoning
- Onionbase
- Peanutseasoning
- Saltseasoning
- Whole cashewseasoning
- Garlicseasoning
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Origins & food traditions
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