Bolinho de chuva is a specialty both in Portugal and Brazil. It is made from flour, eggs, milk and baking powder or baking soda (and sometimes chopped fruit). The dumplings are deep fried and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.

The popularity of the bolinho de chuva was enhanced in Brazil by the television programme "Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo is the setting for the children's books written by Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato. It is a small farm with a pretty cottage, surrounded by trees and simultaneously close to several other subsettings: the river, the woods, and a small village nearby...

" (The Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch) where Aunt Nastasya always made them for Pedrinho, Narizinho and the rag doll Emília.