# CARURU 🇧🇷

Caruru is a traditional Afro-Brazilian dish from Bahia, made with okra, onions, dried shrimp, ground peanuts, and toasted cashews, slow-cooked into a rich, aromatic stew and often served with acarajé or white rice.

- Cuisine: Brazilian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- faux prawns
- 500 g Fresh okra
- Vegan chick’n or jackfruit
- 1 large Onion
- 100 g Ground peanuts
- 100 g Ground cashews
- 3 Tbsp Palm oil
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 500 ml Vegetable stock
- Chilli
- Salt
- black pepper
- coriander
- tomatoes
- coconut milk
- scotch bonnet pepper / chilli

## Instructions

1. Sauté some faux prawns in a pan with some palm oil.
2. Heat palm oil in a large pot and sauté onions and garlic until fragrant.
3. Add okra, stirring well until it starts to soften and thicken slightly.
4. Blend peanuts, cashews, onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes and coriander (and pepper which is optional).
5. Pour your blended mixture into the pot.
6. Add salt, and pepper, then simmer for 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
7. Add coconut milk.
8. Serve hot with rice or acarajé.

## Equipment

- pan
- blender
- large pot

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNTKqG3ogq5/?igsh=ejRjOHdtY3JkdG9x
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f580ef26-e4f5-455d-b0f6-e4fdf77b7391
- Extracted: 2025-08-14

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