100 Brazilian Dishes/Foods to Try

I've seen this on two or three other blogs now, the first on A clove of garlic, a pinch of salt and I knew I had to go through it myself! I love trying new foods when I'm in new countries, even if they are foods I would never eat again (live octopus legs in Korea anyone? no? me neither...).

I guess this is also a challenge for myself - I need to try the foods on the list that I haven't eaten yet!

1. Doce de batata doce (sweet potato purée/jam/jelly)
2. Churrasco (Brazilian-style BBQ) Done! Almost every weekend right now...
3. Bala de banana Oliveira ou similares (some sort of sweet) 
4. Tapioca (kind of like a crepe, made from mandioc starch…it´s complicated)
5. Pizza assado no forno à lenha (I think we´ve all tried this one..) Done!
6. Feijão tropeiro (a variation of the feijão or beans) 
7. Arroz carreteiro Done - I've eaten this a few times, mostly at Festa Juninas
8. Açaí na tijela (very common in the NE and N, served with granola in the NE or with regular food in the N) Done - and I am in love! This was my after surf energy lunch in Praia de Pipa.
9. Paçoca de amendoim (peanut sweet, a little like fudge with peanuts) Done! Addictive...
10. Pato no tucupi (some sort of duck dish)
11. Maniçoba
12. Baião de dois
13. Acarajé (amazing street food served in Bahia, mostly. Made of feijão paste with all sorts of goodies and shrimp. Ask for it without chilli the first time and make sure the oil used for frying is not too nasty)
14. Pamonha (sweet corn paste wrapped in corn leaf and boiled, very nice) Done! First one I tried was bad :( (too long sitting in the display - it had gone off). But I've tried sweet and savoury versions since, and I like it! Am also a little obsessed with the song about pamonha on one of the pain killer ads here... does anyone know the one I mean?
15. Dobradinha (tripe stew, tastes better than it sounds if made well) 
16. Rapadura (just try it, mostly sold in fairs)
17. Farofa de içá
18. Barreado
19. Pastel de feira (they vary depending on the region, but it´s basically a fried pastry with various fillings. Done! too many times...
20. Couve refogada com alho (a common side dish) Done, love it! Just need to learn how to make it myself now.
21. Sanduíche de pernil (a pork sandwich, pernil is the pork leg)
22. Palmito (palm hearts) Done! I had some fresh recently - so delicious!
23. Umbu em natura (a fruit, the juice is good too)
24. Pacu (a type of fish)
25. Camarão na moranga (a shrimp stew served in a pumpkin)
26. Doce de abóbora (pumpkin jam/sweet)
27. Feijoada (the classic Brazilian dish, based on beans and varied meats served with rice, orange and couve, a sort of cabbage. Done. How can you live in Brazil and NOT try feijoada?
28. Galinhada com pequi (a chicken stew)
29. Peixe na telha (a fish dish)
30. Biscoito de polvilho (very Brazilian, and irresistible little biscuits) Done
31. Galinha à cabidela
32. Pão de mel com doce de leite (literally honey bread, very nice) Done - YUM.
33. Any fish baked in folha de bananeira (banana tree leaf)
34. Queijo coalho na brasa (usually sold at beaches in the NE) Done. If I gave in every time I wanted to eat this at the beach, I would be at least double my size by now.
35. Curau
36. Torta de liquidicador (I can´t believe this is here, but it´s a must-eat! Any Brazilian housewife should know how to make it)
37. Café coado no filtro de pano (coffee passed through a cloth filter) Done - although I use paper filters at home, a friend always uses a cloth filter.
38. Caldo de cana (sugar-cane juice usually served with ice and lemon. Careful with hygiene. Done - there is a little stand that sells this every day on my walk between my house and the beach. Very sweet, and much nicer with some lime juice included.
39. Arroz, feijão, bife e batata frita (rice, beans, steak and fries, not very healthy, but you can remove the fries. This is a typical PF, prato feito) Done - many times!
40. Buchada de bode (mutton dish)
41. Bolo de rolo (no idea, some sort of cake)
42. Furrundum
43. Chá mate gelado (chilled mate tea) Done
44. Rabada (oxtail stew)
45. Vaca atolada
46. Pitanga (a fruit) Done - straight from the tree! very small and not very sweet.
47. Quibebe (pumpkin dish) Done
48. Pintando na brasa (BBQ fish) Done
49. Cuscuz paulista (corn-based dish)  
50. Quebra queixo (hard sugar-based sweet)
51. Pingado de padaria (a must-have, served in Brazilian diners, hot milk with a little of coffee) Done - this is my usual coffee when I'm not in a cafe
52. Quindim (egg-yolk-based sweet) Done - that reminds me, I need to try this again!
53. Cajuzinho (cashew-nut sweet)
54. Sorvete de milho (sweet corn ice cream)
55. Sarapatel (very common in Bahia)
56. Bolinho de chuva (mmmmm, try them!)
57. Caruru (a type of stew, also common in Bahia)
58. Frango com quiabo (chicken with okra) Done - I tried this in Ouro Preto, made over an open fire with love by a local tour guide who invited some of us to dinner with his family. One of my best memories of my first trip to Brazil! (and maybe a story for another post?)
59. Leitão à pururuca (pork dish)
60. Canjica doce (sweet corn pudding) Done - my husband loves this dish!
61. Pinhão (type of pine nut, usually baked, common in the South) Done - I almost tried cooking these myself this year, and hope that next year I might get to the Pinhão festival in a nearby town.
62. Vinho quente (hot wine) Done. My favourite drink here (after capirihas, of course!) I wish it was available outside of Festa Juninas!
63. Cachaça artesanal de qualidade (artisan quality cachaça) Done - my boss's father makes it himself, very well aged!
64. Pão de queijo (mmmm, sold almost anywhere. Make sure they are fresh) Done - also responsible for weight gain! 
65. Caldeirada de tucunaré (no idea) 
66. Moqueca (very common in Bahia, a fish stew with lobster and shrimp, coconut milk and other goodies) Done - I love moqueca, but moqueca doesn't like me :( I have an allergic reaction to one of the ingredients (possibly dente oil?) and I break out in a red rash. Boo!
67. Mandioca frita (fried cassava) Done! Best bar food ever.
68. Broa de fubá (a sort of pastry made from corn flour)
69. Jaca (you have to know how to eat this fruit, but it´s worth it. Very nutritious. Ask a native to serve it)
70. Sonho de padaria (a type of doughnut) Done
71. Anything made with cupuaçu (a fruit) Done - fruit, juice, icecream... I love cupuaçu!
72. Requeijão cremoso (the Brazilian version of cream cheese) Done - my husband finds any opportunity to add this or cheese to every meal
73. A whole cumari pepper (hot)
74. Churrasco grego (literally Greek BBQ, no idea what it is)
75. Queijo de Minas fresco (fresh cheese from Minas Gerais, sold in other parts of Brazil) Done
76. Misto quente (amazing stuff, grilled ham and cheese sandwich that somehow tastes better in Brazil) Done - the food you cook when you don't want to cook :)
77. Caldo de piranha (pirana broth???) Done, while I was in Amazonas
78. Doce de leite mineiro (doce de leite from Minas Gerais) Done - my mouth is watering...
79. Brigadeiro (the all-Brazilian sweet, chocolate with granules… just try and it and tell me about it) Done - so so good. Even if you eat it from the pan, before it can be made into balls
80. Acerola (a small berry-like fruit, similar to pitanga, with lots of vitamin C. Usually in juices or ice-cream) Done - but not a fan. I can drink it if I mix it with orange juice
81. Bobó de camarão (a shrimp stew, or similar) Done - delicious
82. Pudim de leite condensado (condensed milk pudding, like a flan but more consistent and sweeter) Done - on my list of things I must learn to cook!
83. Manjar de coco (a very sweet coconut pudding)
84. Refrigerante de guaraná (guaraná soft drink) Done - I prefer it to drinking coke now!
85. Coxinha (street/fast food, with chicken filling in potato and bread crumbs and fried) Done - and my preferred street snack
86. Caldo de mocotó (mocotó is the marrow from the hoof of a cow, calf, ox, used to make a broth) 
87. Romeu e Julieta (a slice of goiabada, guava jelly, and cheese served as a dessert) Done
88. Chimarrão (like the Argentinian, mate) Done
89. Virado à Paulista (combination of many dishes on one plate)
90. Jabuticaba no pé (a fruit picked from the tree) Done - I've drank the juice, but I haven't picked it from a tree
91. Bala de coco de festa de aniversário (birthday coconut sweets, very typical, with the brigadeiro) Done - delicious, I almost prefer these to brigadeiro
92. Bolinho de bacalhau (cod croquette)
93. Beirute (a very nice meat sandwich) Done - a regular lunchtime meal when I'm busy
94. Caldinho de feijão (bean broth) Done
95. Melão produzido em Mossoró-RN (melon from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, in the North)
96. Milho assado (baked corn on the cob) Done
97. Batata doce assada (baked sweet potato) Done - love it
98. Caipirinha (made with cachaça) Done - far far too many times to count...
99.  Geléia de mocotó  Done - never again!
100. Caju (the fruit, not the nut, which is the cashew) Done, but I prefer the nut to the fruit.

53 out of 100 - not too bad! Still lots of things to try though. I noticed reading through that there are a lot of pumpkin based dishes that I haven't tried - that would have something to do with the fact that my husband hates pumpkin! I guess I have to find someone else to take with me to try those dishes! I think that I may have tried some of the others, specially the fish or meat dishes, but just not known the name of them at the time. 

Now I'm hungry.... what to eat?