Mozambique

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2M

A pale lager brewed in Maputo since the 1930s and named for Mac-Mahon, sold in returnable brown bottles.

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Arroz de Coco

Rice cooked in coconut milk as a Mozambican coastal accompaniment.

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Arroz de Marisco

Mozambican seafood rice cooked with shellfish, tomato, aromatics and coastal spice.

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Badjias

Ground black-eyed peas or lentils spiced with chilli and coriander and fried in spoonfuls into rough fritters.

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Bebinca

Goan bebinca is a many-layered coconut-milk and egg confection, baked one thin layer at a time until bronzed.

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Bifana Moçambicana

A Portuguese-influenced Mozambican pork sandwich seasoned with chili and vinegar.

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Bolo Polana

A dense cake of ground cashews and mashed potato bound with egg and lemon zest, named after a Maputo neighbourhood.

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Caril de Caranguejo

Mozambican crab curry cooked with coconut, tomato, chili and fragrant spices.

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Cassava Cake

Bolo de mandioca

Grated cassava baked with coconut milk, sugar and egg into a dense, slightly chewy cake.

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Chamussas

Small triangular pastries filled with spiced minced beef, chicken or prawn and deep fried, sold three or four at a time.

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Chima de Arroz

A Mozambican stiff porridge made from rice flour and served with relishes.

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Coconut Sweet

Doce de coco

Grated coconut cooked with sugar until it stiffens and sets into chewy squares or balls.

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Fofos de Arroz

Cooked rice bound with egg and flour, seasoned and fried into small golden balls.

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Galinha Cafreal

Chicken rubbed with a green paste of coriander, garlic, chilli and lime and grilled or fried dry.

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Galinha à Zambeziana

Frango à Zambeziana

Chicken split and grilled over coals while being basted with coconut milk, lime, garlic and piri-piri until the skin blackens in patches.

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Grilled Lobster

Lagosta grelhada

Rock lobster split and grilled over coals with garlic butter and piri-piri, a staple of the southern beach restaurants.

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Gurué Tea

Chá de Gurué

Black tea grown on the plantations around Gurué in the Zambezia highlands, drunk sweet and strong with condensed milk.

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Inhap

A named northern Mozambican preparation of local greens and aromatics served with a staple starch.

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Laurentina

A Maputo brewery's range, best known for the dark Preta — a sweet, malty beer unusual in the region.

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LM Prawn

Camarão LM

Large tiger prawns landed off the southern coast, named for Lourenço Marques and sold by size grading.

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Maheu

A lightly fermented maize drink enjoyed across southern Africa and in Mozambique.

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Matapa

Young cassava leaves pounded to a pulp and cooked slowly with ground peanuts, coconut milk, garlic and often prawns or crab.

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Matata

Clams cooked with ground peanuts, tomato, onion, chilli and young pumpkin or spinach leaves into a thick shellfish stew.

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Mozambican Achar

Achar

Green mango or lemon salted, fermented and packed in oil with chilli and mustard seed.

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Mozambican Cashew

Castanha de caju

Cashews from the northern provinces, roasted in the shell at the roadside and sold warm in paper cones.

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Mozambican Dobrada

Dobrada

Tripe stewed with white beans, chouriço and tomato until soft, a Portuguese inheritance still on every canteen menu.

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Mozambican Feijoada

Feijoada

Butter beans or red beans stewed with chouriço, pork and coconut milk — the Portuguese dish rebuilt with local fat and heat.

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Mozambican Piri-Piri

Molho piri-piri

Small bird's eye chillies crushed with garlic, lemon and oil into a rough red sauce used both as a marinade and at the table.

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Mozambican Prego

Prego no pão

A thin beef steak seared with garlic and piri-piri and jammed into a bread roll, sometimes with a fried egg on top.

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Mozambican Pudim

Pudim

A caramel-lined egg custard set in a mould, made here with coconut milk in place of some of the dairy.

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Mozambican Pão

Pão

A short white bread roll with a crisp crust and soft inside, baked twice a day and eaten with everything.

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Mucapata

Rice cooked with mung beans and coconut milk into a soft green-flecked dish eaten with fish or curry.

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Nkanyu

A fermented or pressed fruit drink made from indigenous Mozambican fruit.

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Pastel de Nata Moçambicano

A Portuguese custard tart adopted in Mozambican bakeries and cafés.

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Peanut Curry

Caril de amendoim

Chicken or beef stewed in a thick sauce of ground roasted peanuts, tomato and coconut milk.

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Piri-Piri Chicken

Frango piri-piri

Butterflied chicken marinated in piri-piri, garlic, lemon and oil and grilled over charcoal, brushed with more of the marinade as it cooks.