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Mozambican Cuisine

↳ from Maputo, Mozambique

Portuguese-African cooking: piri-piri chicken and prawns, coconut seafood curries, matapa (cassava leaves) and fresh bread rolls (pão).

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Specialties

  • Matapa
  • Frango Piri-Piri
  • Camarão

History

Portugal ruled Mozambique until 1975. Piri-piri chillies came from the Americas and are now at the heart of the cooking.

Ingredients

  • Prawns
  • Chicken
  • Piri-piri
  • Coconut milk
  • Cassava leaves
  • Peanuts
  • Cashew

How it's made

  1. Marinate chicken or prawns in piri-piri, garlic and lemon
  2. Grill or fry
  3. Cook matapa with peanuts and coconut
  4. Serve with rice or bread rolls
to drink

What Mozambique drinks

2M beer, Laurentina, tontonto (cashew spirit)

Ratings & notes

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