Mozambique
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Frango Piri Piri
The fire sauce that travelled the world: piri piri — bird's eye chiles, garlic, lemon and oil — and the chicken grilled in it, Mozambique's gift via Portugal to global fast food. Ingredients: chicken, piri piri chiles, g…
Matapa
Cassava leaves in coconut and peanut: matapa — pounded cassava leaves simmered in coconut milk with ground peanuts, sometimes with prawns or crab — the creamed green of the Mozambican coast. Ingredients: young cassava le…
Mozambican Prawns (Camarões)
The prawn nation plate: giant tiger prawns grilled with garlic, lemon and piri piri butter along a coast famous for them — camarões are Mozambique's edible postcard. Ingredients: large prawns, garlic, butter, lemon, piri…
Caril (Mozambican Curry)
The coconut curry of the coast: chicken or prawns simmered in a turmeric-golden coconut sauce (caril) with the Indian Ocean spice accent of Mozambique's Swahili-Arab-Indian trade. Ingredients: chicken or prawns, coconut…
World Cuisines
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