Acarajé

Black-eyed pea fritter filled with vatapá and shrimp

One serving — 1 acarajé (150 g)

Calories420 kcal280 per 100 g

Protein13.5 g9 per 100 g

Carbohydrate30 g20 per 100 g

Fat27 g18 per 100 g

Fibre6 g4 per 100 g

Sodium675 mg450 per 100 g

Where these numbers come from. This is an estimate for a typical home-cooked Acarajé, not a laboratory measurement. A restaurant version, or one cooked with more oil, will be higher. Nobody has reviewed it against a licensed nutrition database. Cooking changes food, and the same dish varies from kitchen to kitchen.

What's in it

black-eyed peas, onion, dendê oil, vatapá (bread, cashews, peanuts, coconut milk), dried shrimp. Deep-fried.

Cuisine: Northeast, Brazil
Diet: Non-vegetarian
Usually eaten at: Snack
Allergens: crustacean_shellfish, peanuts, tree_nuts, wheat_gluten

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Acarajé

One serving — 1 acarajé (150 g)

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