Tacacá, Amazonian soup with jambu
An Amazonian soup made with tucupi, cassava starch, and jambu, seasoned with garlic, dried shrimp, and chili peppers: a specialty of the Pará region.
Tacacá is a typical soup from the state of Pará, in Brazil. It is served in a gourd and owes its distinctive flavor to jambu, a plant with a slightly numbing effect.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time15 min
- Total30 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
- Estimated cost$4.14 $1.04 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $3.12
- $0.18
- $0.71
- $0.13
Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Bring the tucupi to a boil, then add the crushed garlic, dried, de-shelled shrimp, chili pepper, and long cilantro.
- Gradually pour the tucupi over the goma to achieve a smooth, velvety texture. ≈ 3 min
- Add the shank. ≈ 3 min
- Don’t overcook it: if it’s overcooked, it loses its numbing effect on the tongue.
The bill
Tacacá, Amazonian soup with jambu
- Dried shrimp, in sufficient quantity$3.12
- garlic, in sufficient quantity$0.18
- Fresh cilantro (also known as culantro), in sufficient quantity$0.71
- Small yellow chili peppers (malagueta), in sufficient quantity$0.13
Total$4.14
that's $1.04 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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