Madagascar

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Achards Malgaches

Vegetables lightly pickled with turmeric, ginger, mustard and chili in a Malagasy achard.

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Akoho sy Sakamalao

Chicken braised with ginger, garlic and Malagasy spices for a fragrant rice-side dish.

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Akoho sy Voanio

Chicken pieces simmered in coconut milk with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, turmeric, and cumin; a Malagasy-origin dish slow-cooked until the sauce reduces to a thick golden gravy; a beloved Comorian chicken curry.

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Baobab Juice

Jus de baobab

A tart, creamy drink made by soaking baobab fruit pulp in water and sweetening it.

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Betsabetsa

Sugarcane juice fermented a few days into a cloudy, sour, low-alcohol drink of the east coast.

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Bonbon Coco

Grated coconut cooked with caramelised sugar until it stiffens, then dropped in spoonfuls to set into chewy patties.

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Bononoka

A Malagasy coconut sweet set into small chewy pieces for tea and celebrations.

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Crab Curry Malagasy

Curry de crabe malgache

Crab simmered in coconut, tomato and Malagasy spices on the coast.

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Godro-Godro

Coconut milk cooked with sugar and starch and set firm into a sliceable white pudding, a coastal and Comorian-influenced sweet.

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Henakisoa sy Amalona

Pork cooked with freshwater eel and Malagasy aromatics in a rich inland preparation.

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Jaka

Zebu beef packed into a sealed jar or horn with fat and buried underground for up to a year, then dug up for a family celebration.

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Kabaro au Curry

A Malagasy dish of white beans simmered in a fragrant curry sauce with coconut milk.

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Kaka Pizon

Thin strings of dough deep fried into crisp irregular tangles and sold in paper cones, unsweetened.

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Kida amin Voanio

Seafood simmered with coconut in a coastal Malagasy preparation.

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Kitoza

Long strips of zebu beef salted and either dried in the sun or smoked over a fire, then grilled and eaten with rice porridge.

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Koba Akondro

Ground peanuts, banana, honey and rice or maize flour wrapped in banana leaf and steamed for hours into a dense sweet log.

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Koba Mangahazo

A dense steamed cassava and peanut cake wrapped in leaves, related to Madagascar's koba tradition.

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Koba Ravina

Peanut, banana and rice-flour dough steamed in banana leaves as a Malagasy sweet.

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Lasary

Green beans, carrot, cabbage and onion sliced fine and dressed with vinegar and mustard in the highlands, or mango and lemon pickled with chilli on the coast.

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Lasary Voatabia

Fresh Malagasy tomato salad with onion, acid and herbs served beside rice and stews.

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Lasopy

A vegetable soup of carrot, turnip, potato and leek pushed through a sieve, a French inheritance eaten at the start of a meal in the highlands.

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Lasopy Chinoise

A Malagasy Chinese-influenced noodle soup with vegetables, broth and meat or seafood.

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Litchel

A sweet lychee liqueur made on the east coast from the December crop.

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Mahorais Cassava Pancakes

Mokary

Small fermented pancakes made from cassava or rice flour, coconut milk and a little sugar, sometimes flavoured with vanilla. Traditionally cooked in a special indented pan and eaten for breakfast or as a snack.

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Mahorais Samosas

Sambusas

Triangular fried pastries filled with spiced minced meat, fish, or vegetables. A Swahili/Indian snack popular as an afternoon or evening street food.

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Malagasy Lychee

Litchi

Lychees from the east coast around Toamasina, harvested in November and December and shipped to Europe for Christmas.

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Malagasy Nems

Nems

Small fried rolls of rice paper filled with vermicelli, cabbage and minced pork, sold in bundles at street stalls.

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Malagasy Vanilla

Lavanila

Bourbon vanilla cured on the north-east coast around Sambava and Antalaha, the source of most of the world's supply.

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Masikita

Madagascar's marinated meat skewers grilled over charcoal and sold at gatherings and roadside stalls.

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Mauritian Infused Rum

Rhum arrangé

White cane rum steeped for weeks with vanilla pods, lychee, pineapple, coffee bean or spice until it takes the flavour and colour.

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Mayotte Bourbon Vanilla

Vanille de Mayotte

Planifolia vanilla cured by small producers on Mayotte, often under the Association Senteurs & Saveurs. Pods are dark, oily and prized for chocolate, dried-date and praline notes; used in desserts, rums and fish sauces.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Mazavaroo

Bird's eye chillies pounded to a paste with garlic, salt and oil, sold in jars and used a teaspoon at a time.

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Menakely

A ring of sweet fried dough, denser and chewier than a doughnut, sold from baskets in the street.

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Misao

Wheat noodles fried with cabbage, carrot and small pieces of pork or chicken — the Chinese-Malagasy street lunch.

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Mofo Akondro

Ripe bananas folded into a Malagasy batter and cooked as a soft breakfast or tea cake.

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Mofo Bajeda

A Malagasy fried snack of seasoned batter, crisp outside and soft inside.