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Seychelles Essentials
A considered first route through Seychelles: the foods that carry its everyday habits, celebrations, ingredients, and memory.
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11 foods to know.
Each selection includes the reason it belongs here—so this is a guide, not just a pile of names.
Seychelles
Kari Koko Zourit
Kari Zourit
Octopus cooked in coconut milk, eggplant and Creole spice, Seychelles' signature curry.
Seychelles
Satini Reken
Satinin Rekin
Boiled shark mashed with bilimbi, lime, onion and pepper into a sour Seychellois relish.
Seychelles
Ladob
Plantain or sweet potato simmered in coconut milk, sugar and nutmeg as Seychelles' classic dessert.
Seychelles
Salad Palmis
Tender heart of coconut palm sliced and dressed with ginger-lime vinaigrette.
Seychelles
Bouyon Blan
Whitefish and ridge gourd in a thick Seychellois soup sharpened with bilimbi.
Seychelles
Kat-Kat Banann
Green bananas and shredded fish cooked in fresh coconut milk with ginger and garlic.
Seychelles
Bourzwa Griye
Pwason Griye
Whole red snapper grilled over coconut husk coals at Seychelles roadside eateries.
Seychelles
Sosis Rougay
Sausages simmered in tomato and onion sauce with garlic and lentils.
Seychelles
Seybrew
Seychelles' local lager, the island beer served with Creole seafood and curry.
Seychelles
Takamaka Rum
Rum distilled at La Plaine St Andre from local sugarcane and sold across the islands.
Seychelles
Breadfruit Chips
Thin breadfruit slices fried crisp as a Seychellois market and roadside snack.