moqueca
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese moqueca, from Kimbundu mukeka.
Noun edit
moqueca (countable and uncountable, plural moquecas)
- A Brazilian stew from the state of Bahia, based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro.
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 180:
- Eating the crayfish moqueca was almost as painful at the outset as it was delicious.
- 2005 November 4, Martha Bayne, Kate Schmidt, Mike Sula, “Chichi Sushi in Uptown, Nuevo Latino on the Near South Side, and the Ultimate Serbian Bakery”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- But the standout of the evening had to be the moqueca do mar, a seafood stew with a kick-ass tomato-coconut milk broth perfumed with saffron and served with a little silver dish of rice and a few tostones.
- 1999 February 26, Don Rose, “Restaurant Tours: Nuevo Latino is heating up”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Now he serves up such Bahian specialties as moqueca, a zesty shellfish stew simmered in rich coconut milk and rice ($16).
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Kimbundu mukeka.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mo‧que‧ca
Noun edit
moqueca f (plural moquecas)