Moqueca (IPA: [moˈkɛkɐ] or IPA: [muˈkɛkɐ] depending on the dialect, also spelled muqueca) is a Brazilian recipe based on salt water fish stew in coconut milk, tomatoes, onions, garlic, coriander and some palm oil (dendê). Slowly cooked in a terra cotta casserole optionally serve with prawns and choosing by preference a mix of boneless fish species like small shark, sword fish, etc.
Originally from the states of Bahia in the Northeast, also coming from Espírito Santo in the Southeast of Brazil; nowadays, this dish is found in two different variants: moqueca bahiana from Bahia and moqueca capixaba from Espírito Santo.
Brazilians have been making moqueca for at least 300 years.[