Farofa wani tasa ne daga gurasar manioc da aka cika da kuma cikawa wanda zai iya hada da naman alade, da albasarta, faski, ƙwaiyayyen qwai, nama, ayaba ko kayan lambu da kuma kusan duk wani abu da zai iya cin abincin mai dafa.
Abincin da aka shahara, farofa ya fi kyau tare da wake, wanda ake amfani da ita a Brazil a cikin kayan dafa abinci, ko naman irin su turkey, naman alade, naman alade ko kifi. Farofa shi ne abincin yau da kullum a wuraren barbecue ko wuraren barbecue a abubuwan da ke faruwa a lokacin da ake yi wa kebabs nama mai karfi a ciki don an rufe shi.
A Brazil, farofa ma wani lokaci ne na cin hanci da rashawa don yin tafiya a bakin rairayin bakin teku, musamman ma inda mutane suke cin abincin furanni a kan yashi kuma kada su karbi shanunsu. Wanda ake yin farofa ana kiranta farofeiro .
Yankunan da ba su iya samun kudin shiga, wadanda ba za su iya yin kwanciyar dare ba, wasu lokuta za su dauki motar tafiye-tafiye don rana kuma su shirya abincin rana - jakar filastik da ke cike da farofa don tafiya tare da akwati na kaza zama zaɓi mai kyau, saboda haka kalmar .
A shekara ta 1985, dan wasan Brazilian Ultraje a Rigor ya fara buga waƙar "Nós Vamos Invite Invadir Sua Praia" ("Muna Gonna Invade Your Beach"), daga wannan kundin da sunan daya, wanda ke nuna wajaba a tsoro ya fi wadata yankunan ruwa suna da rana ta tafiya.
Magogin ruwa a cikin waƙar suna kawo farofa , galinha , da vitrolinha - farofa, kaza da na'urar LP mai šaukuwa.