Typical Ingredients:
Nuts -- cashews, Brazil nuts, peanuts, and pine nuts (pinhão)
Vegetables -- cassava, yams, corn, okra; palmito (hearts of palm)
Fruits, mostly tropical -- cashew fruit, açai, guaraná, banana, custard apple, acerola, pitanga, coconut, guava, mango, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, coffee, pequi, and so many others
Meats -- a large variety of seafood, poultry, pork, and beef
Dairy -- mostly cow's milk and typical cheeses such as requeijão, coalho, Catupiry, and Minas
Legumes -- beans (black, pinto, soybeans, garbanzo)
Grains -- several types of rice, wheat, and cornmeal
Grass -- sugar cane
Others -- tapioca, palm oil (or dende)