Vatapa, Brazilian Shrimp and Fish Coconut Stew

Want to try to cook food from Brazil? Let's look at a typical food recipes from a tropical country on the American continent.
The food that we cook this will be classed in the category of soup, we just started making it.


Let's start by preparing the ingridients we use for cooking.

Ingridients: 

• 1 Cup of dried shrimp
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp of dende or olive oil
• 2 of Spanish onion, small dice
• 2 of cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 of fresh jalapeno, finely choped
• 1 cup of cashew nuts, finely chopped
• 1 cup of blanched almound, finely chopped
• 1 cup of fish stock or clamp juice
• 3 cups of coconut milk
• 8-10 ounce sea bass fillet
• 1 pound of medium-size shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1/4cup of Chopped Cilantro

If all the ingredients are readily available, let us begin to cook.
Cooking Instructions:

• Soak the dried shrimp in warm water, for 10 minutes.
• Drain the shrimp, puree them in food processor or blender, and set aside.
• Heat the 1/4 cup of dende oil or olive oil in an IMUSA sauté pan and sauté the onions, garlic, jalapeno, cashews, almonds, and pureed dried shrimp for 10 minutes.
• Add the fish stock and coconut milk and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the sea bass and poach it in the sauce for about 12 minutes until the fish is flaky
• Add the raw shrimp and cilantro cook for another 4 minutes.
• Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon dende oil and serve with white rice.

Very simple and easy right, do not have to go to Brazil or expensive restorant , enough for home, and you can enjoy it.