Recipe List — Mayotte Recipes

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Recipe List — Mayotte Recipes

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The image above shows the entire continent of Africa with East Africa picked out in red. East Africa is formed from nineteen states: 1: Burundi; 2: Comoros; 3: Djibouti; 4: Eritrea; 5: Ethiopia; 6: Kenya; 7: Madagascar; 8: Malawi; 9: Mauritius; 10: Mayotte; 11: Mozambique; 12: Réunion; 13: Rwanda; 14: Seychelles; 15: Somalia; 16: Tanzania; 17: Uganda; 18: Zambia; and 19: Zimbabwe.

Mayotte

Mayotte (French: Mayotte, Shimaore: Maore), officially: Collectivité départementale de Mayotte; the Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte is an overseas collectivity of France consisting of a main island, Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), and several islets around these two. The capital and largest city is Mamoudzou and in 1974 the country voted to remain a territory of France. French is the official language but native languages include: Shimaore (a Comorian LAnguage), Kibushi (a Malagasy language), Kiantalaotsi (another Malagasy language) and Arabic.

Though a French territory, the cuisine of Mayotte has been influenced by Indian, Arabic, French, and African cuisines. The cuisine also makes great use of spices such as coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. In Mayotte the basic meals are those containing meat and rice, but a lot of seafood is also cooked in this island. Exotic dishes consist of freshly caught fish, crab and calamari, which can be prepared together or separately. A typical meal will always include different combinations based on meat and rice, enhanced with vanilla, cloves, cardamom, coriander, nutmeg and cinnamon. Common seafood include grouper, tuna and octopus. Bean and squash soups are also common staples.

    Batabate
     Origin: Mayotte		    Mayotte Pilaou
     Origin: Mayotte		    Muhogo ya nadzi Na nyama
     (Cassava with Meat)
     Origin: Mayotte
    Liver with Coconut
     Origin: Mayotte		    Mbawa ya Tomati
     (Chicken wings with Tomatoes)
     Origin: Mayotte		    Pilau ya Nyama
     (Pilau with Meat)
     Origin: Mayotte


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