Dinha do Acarajé

Biography

Lindinalva de Assis, better known as Dinha do Acarajé (1951 – 2008), was the most famous maker in the Brazilian state of Bahia of the delicacy known as acarajé, a food of African origin made in Salvador da Bahia from cowpeas or beans and other ingredients, and fried in palm oil. It is served as a street food and also offered to the gods in the Candomblé religion.

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