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islands, West Africa. It is a slow-cooked stew of corn (

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, sweet potato,

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or meat (

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), and often morcela (

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). Referred to as the country's

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, each island has its own regional variation. The version of the recipe called ''cachupa rica'' tends to have more ingredients than the simpler ''cachupa pobre''.

Cachupa guisada

''Katchupa'' leftovers are often re-fried, the resulting dish being called Katchupa frita, cachupa guisada or cachupa refogada, meaning "fried ''Katchupa''". This dish may be served for breakfast with a fried egg and a fried local sausage (''linguiça'') or fried mackerel.

Other

There is also a Cachupa Rica style that is served at

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In São Tomé and Príncipe

It is also one of the most popular dishes of São Tomé and Príncipe. The dish has likely been brought from Cape Verde. It is prepared with green beans, broad beans and corn.

Legacy

Carmen Souza's fifth studio album, titled as ''Kachupada,'' is about this traditional food. It was released in 2013.

References

External links

Video of a making of a Capeverdean Cachupa
at the French cooking program ''

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