Comida Divina

In addition to the shrimp and the tomato-onion-cilantro salad, this plateful from Comida Divina ($6) featured batapa, a yellow-green mash of nuts, wheat, and palm oil that tasted of peanuts but was scarcely dominated by them, and acarajé, a fritter-like, crunchy-outside, moist-inside pie made from black-eyed peas.

Outside of the Brazilian state of Bahia, where acarajé is reportedly a favored street food, you may have trouble finding it in the wild; Comida Divina prepare their food only for catered and craft-service functions. Unlucky you, lucky me.

Comida Divina
At the 36th Annual International African Arts Festival, Commodore Perry Park, Brooklyn
646-525-8121