What kind of food do people eat in brazil??
Brazilian cuisine is a mixture of three main influences: Amazonian Indian, Portuguese and African. The most common ingredients in Brazilian cooking are black beans, rice, coconut milk, dendê (palm oil), manioca (cassava), chicken, beef, pork, sausages, shrimp, seafood, bacalao (salt cod), farofa (toasted cassava crumbs, a condiment), pasta, cheese, okra, squashes, and tomatoes. Common dishes are empanadinhas (meat or cheese turnovers) , vatapa (chicken stew with coconut milk), churrasco (beef barbecue), moqueca (seafood stew), couve (collard greens) and feijoada (black beans and sausages, the national dish). Farofa is a condiment from cassava that is unique to Brazil. Favorite desserts are arroz-doce (rice pudding) and pudim de caramelo (caramel flan). The caiparinha cocktail comes from Brazil, and Brazilians drink a ton of coffee. Recipes for a lot of these are available at the link below.
