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Soft drinks from Bahia, Brazil

Afurá (Bahian fermented rice drink)afurá

Afurá is a refreshing drink of Bahian cooking. A fermented cake of rice ground on a stone is dissolved in sugared water.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Afurá itself.

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Recipe

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RiceGround on a stone and formed into a cake[s1]
Sugar and water[s1]
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What changes: Rice is ground on a stone and pressed into a cake

Step 1 of 3
Grind rice on a stone and form a cake
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: rice cake.

Flavour
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Texture
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Colour
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Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Afurá is a refreshing drink of Bahian cooking. A fermented cake of rice ground on a stone is dissolved in sugared water.

What makes this one different

Afurá ferments a solid cake of ground rice and only later dissolves it in sweetened water; West African fura is a spiced millet dumpling.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [s1] Wikipedia (pt), 'Afurá' (fetched 2026-10-16)wiki