Caruru

Name: Caruru
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 500g okra, sliced; 100g dried shrimp, ground; 50g roasted peanuts, ground; 50g cashews, ground; 2 tbsp palm oil (dendê); 1 onion, diced; ginger small piece, grated; salt to taste

Afro-Brazilian okra stew with dried shrimp, dendê oil and peanuts — a sacred dish in Candomblé tradition.

Total time

40 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Brazilian

Ingredients

500gokra, sliced

100gdried shrimp, ground

50groasted peanuts, ground

50gcashews, ground

2 tbsppalm oil (dendê)

1onion, diced

gingersmall piece, grated

saltto taste

Instructions

Fry onion and ginger in palm oil 3 minutes.

Add ground dried shrimp, peanuts and cashews. Cook 5 minutes.

Add okra. Cook stirring 15–20 minutes until okra is tender and stew is very thick.

Season with salt.

Serve alongside rice and acarajé.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

178

Protein

11.6g

Fat

11.8g

Carbs

9.1g

Fiber

1.9g

Sodium

32mg

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