The famous and traditional Northeastern recipe is a dumpling made with black-eyed peas, salt, garlic, onion, ginger fried in palm oil and stuffed with seasoned dried shrimp.
It is a cream that has several recipes. Traditionally, it is made with fish or shrimp, cornmeal, palm oil and chili pepper. You can also take cashew nuts, ginger, peanuts, coconut milk and onion. It is served with stuffing for Acarajé.
It is a stew of okra, shrimp, palm oil and spices that are mixed with cassava flour and broth.
Despite not being of Brazilian origin, in the Northeast, this dish is very common. It is a mixture of corn flour and salt that is then steamed. In other regions, couscous is served moistened with coconut milk or accompanied by butter that easily melts when hot.
It is a dish that can be made with pig, goat or lamb viscera, cooked with the animal's blood and receives several variations by state. It is usually accompanied by flour and pepper. This is certainly one of the most exotic Northeastern dishes.
One of the favorite dishes of tourists. The baião de dois is a mixture of rice, beans, dried meat and curd cheese.
It is a dish in which fish is cooked accompanied by palm oil, coconut milk, pepper and coriander. In some cases, pirão is accompanied, which is nothing more than a mixture of cassava flour and the broth used to cook the seafood.
It is one of the main delicacies of Northeastern cuisine. Made with cassava starch, what many call manioc starch, gum or cassava flour, the best thing about tapioca is that you can adapt it to your taste.
Maria Isabel is the most representative dish of Piauí cuisine, all the ingredients are typically regional, based on rice, dried meat, onion, peppers, parsley, garlic and black pepper.
It is a farofa made with a mixture of cassava flour, onion and ground dried meat. Being able to accompany banana and baião de dois.
With these dishes, you will be able to enjoy the exotic cuisine that this region has, knowing a little about the culture of this “arretado” people.