Dinha do Acarajé
Popular Brazilian street-food supplier (1951–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
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Born | Lindinalva de Assis 20 May 1951 Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
Died | 16 May 2008(2008-05-16) (aged 56) Salvador da Bahia |
Occupation(s) | Acarajé snack food producer and seller |
Years active | 45 |
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