# The best traditional dishes of Bahia

The irresistible dishes of Bahian cooking, African heritage in palm oil and coconut milk, according to iFood, Morro de São Paulo Catamarã, Curta Mais and Wikipedia.

- 14 votes · 16 items
- Jul 28, 2025 · o_saudavel
- https://even.best/en/l/900/the-best-traditional-dishes-of-bahia

## Top 15

1. **Moqueca baiana** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fish or shrimp stewed with palm oil, coconut milk and peppers.
2. **Acarajé** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Black-eyed pea fritter fried in palm oil, filled with vatapá, caruru and shrimp.
3. **Bobó de camarão** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Shrimp in a cassava and coconut-milk cream.
4. **Abará** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Acarajé batter steamed in banana leaf.
5. **Xinxim de galinha** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chicken with dried shrimp, peanuts and cashews in palm oil.
6. **Acaçá** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — White-corn cake wrapped in banana leaf.
7. **Vatapá** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cream of bread, dried shrimp, peanuts, cashews and palm oil.
8. **Caruru** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Okra with dried shrimp, peanuts and palm oil, the dish of Saints Cosmas and Damian.
9. **Sarapatel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pork offal stewed with blood and spices.
10. **Arroz de hauçá** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice with jerked beef and shrimp sauce, of Hausa origin.
11. **Bahian feijoada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Made with mulatinho beans and paio sausage.
12. **Cocada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Coconut sweet sold by the baianas' trays.
13. **Mingau de tapioca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tapioca porridge, the street breakfast of Salvador.
14. **Bolinho de estudante** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried tapioca and coconut fritter with sugar and cinnamon.
15. **Arrumadinho** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Green beans, sun-dried beef, farofa and vinaigrette.
16. **Quindim** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Egg-yolk and coconut sweet with Portuguese and African roots.

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