# The best traditional food of north-east Brazil

North-eastern Brazilian cooking, a mosaic of indigenous, African and Portuguese influences across nine states, according to the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation and guides to Nordeste food.

- 26 votes · 13 items
- Nov 23, 2024 · o_saudavel
- https://even.best/en/l/600/the-best-traditional-food-of-north-east-brazil

## Top 10

1. **Acarajé** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Black-eyed pea fritter fried in dendê with vatapá, caruru and dried shrimp, from Bahia.
2. **Baião de dois** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Rice and green beans with carne de sol and coalho cheese, from Ceará.
3. **Cuscuz nordestino** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Steamed corn flakes, a breakfast with egg, butter or carne de sol.
4. **Carne de sol with cassava** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Salted, dried beef with cassava and clarified butter.
5. **Moqueca baiana** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fish or shrimp in coconut milk and dendê.
6. **Rubacão** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Paraíba-style baião with green beans, cheese and cream.
7. **Maria-isabel** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rice with chopped carne de sol, from Piauí.
8. **Grilled coalho cheese** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cheese skewer grilled on the beach with molasses.
9. **Buchada de bode** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Goat offal cooked in the stomach, from Paraíba and Pernambuco.
10. **Tapioca** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cassava starch crêpe filled with coalho cheese, coconut or jerky.
11. **Arroz de cuxá** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rice with roselle leaves, dried shrimp and sesame, from Maranhão.
12. **Bolo de rolo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Paper-thin guava roll cake, Pernambuco heritage.
13. **Sarapatel** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Pork or mutton offal cooked with blood and spices.

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