Category — Street Food

I’m guessing this staple of Brazilian street food will be hard to find. You can substitute oil infused with annatto seeds instead….will try to find a cool recipe for all of you….

Every culture wraps something: Mexico folds meat and veg into soft corn tacos, Moroccans swaddle fish and spices in fillo, and turns out Brazilians pile pureed legumes and red palm oil into a banana leaf and steam it. Why the packets? So it can be eaten on the streets, of course. Slow food, fast culture.

We knew there were Germans in Brazil, but lots of Japanese and Africans as well (not to mention Syrians — half my family went there instead of US when they came over). Africans infuse Brazil’s street food with passion and color from dende oil, red palm oil that shimmers the color of candy apples. Mix it up with red and yellow peppers studded with shrimp and you get a gorgeous, edible confetti. Take me to Brazil!