Madagascar
Sambos
Small triangular pastries filled with minced beef, potato or fish and fried, sold three or four to a bag.
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Mayotte
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Comoros
Samboussa
Samoussa Comorien
A Comorian version of the samosa: a triangular pastry filled with spiced ground beef, onions, garlic, curry, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, and saffron; wrapped in brick pastry or filo and fried or baked; a popular snack and street food.
Djibouti
Sambusa
ሳምቡሳ
Crispy triangular fried pastries stuffed with spiced lentils, beans or beef. The Ethiopian-Eritrean cousin of the Indian samosa, beloved at fasting tables, breakfast spreads and Ramadan iftars.
Reunion
Sweet Potato Cake
Gâteau Patate
Traditional cake made with sweet potatoes; a flour-based cake eaten as a treat during a tea break; cooked a l'ancienne under embers; a Reunionese sweet; a TasteAtlas-listed must-try; the gâteau patate that is a Reunionese tea-time classic.
Mauritius
Sweet Potato Cakes
Gato patate
Crescent turnovers of mashed sweet potato pastry filled with sweetened grated coconut and fried.