What to eat in Rio de Janeiro? 2024

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Açaí

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Açai is the most popular Amazon's fruits that in the superfood status. Served as a sweet, gloopy, frozen sorbet, sometimes accompanied with granola and banana, or whizzed up in juices, it can bought in almost every café, bakery, juice bar and supermarket across the country.

Tapioca 

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Tapioca is a local healthy snack that consist of cassava flour and shredded coconut, fried into a kind of crepe with a crunchy outer shell and gooey center. Can be eaten savory with cheese or chicken, or sweet with chocolate, strawberries, banana, and sprinkles of nuts.

Pão de Queijo

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Pão de Queijo is a cheese bread which is soft on the inside and crispy on the outside.Bread rolls are prepared with tapioca flour that makes it gluten-free, eggs and grated curado minas cheese (a cow’s milk cheese from the state of Minas Gerais), then rolled into small balls.

Feijoada

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Feijoada is a main food of the Brazilian dish. It's a feast of stewed beans in a pork or beef gravy, served with crisp yellow potatoes, crunchy pork cracklings, fresh shredded kale, fluffy farofa (toasted cassava flour) and orange slices.It’s locally eaten on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Pastéis

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Pastéis are generally served in two shape – either as large, rectangular pastels found at the farmers’ market or as small, half-moon-shaped pastels commonly found at bars. Commonly filled with minced meat, cheese, pizza (cheese, tomato, and oregano), heart of palm, chicken, and prawns.

Moqueca

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Moqueca is a traditional Bahian dish yet is popular throughout Brazil.At its simplest, fish or other seafood are stewed in diced tomatoes, onions and coriander. The Capixabas add annatto seeds for a natural red food colouring, while the Baianos serve a heavier version, made with palm oil, peppers and coconut milk.

Brigadeiros

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Brigadeiros are sweet balls of truffle that prepared from condensed milk and cocoa powder that shaped into balls and covered with chocolate sprinkles.

Quindim

By Hülya Aydemir | 19.01.2019
Quindim is a dessert that prepared with eggs, sugar and coconut . The bottom is toasted and golden, dense with grated coconut, and the top is a smooth, firm custard. Generally, served in cupcake-sized portions.
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