moquecan.
/məˈkeɪkə/, U.S. /məˈkeɪkə/ Cookery.
A strongly flavoured fish stew cooked with palm oil and coconut milk, originating in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
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1980 N.Y. Times 12 Nov. c3/3 Their menu has expanded to include..‘moquecas’, Brazilian fish stews that are the pride of the state of Bahia, although Mr. Moraes's version comes from his native state of Alagôas and is less greasy than the Bahian version.
1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 7 July (Food Guide) 1 Stuffed crab is a speciality, as are several variations of moqueca.
1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 1 May (Travel section) t19 She serves great food—the most Bahian of dishes, fish, oyster, shrimp or crabmeat muquecas, which are all prepared in spicey red palm oil and coconut milk.
2000 A. McKenzie in J. Adams et al. Girls' Night In 294 It is a good hour's walk to the quarta praia, past guesthouses of every hue, past restaurants offering feijoada and moqueca as well as hamburgers and pizza.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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