Salady amin’ny lamatra sy mais This fresh salad with tuna goes wonderfully with a warm beach day in Madagascar. The recipe comes from the east coast of the island. Tuna is regularly caught fresh by hand there, large trawlers and huge nets are a rarity. The bluefin tuna tastes best. It grows up to 4.5 meters long during its lifetime …

Tsindrin-tsakafo amin’ny akondro This sweet dessert comes from the vicinity of the port city of Toamasina (Tamatave). It is a simple banana pineapple cream. Both fruits can be found in Madagascar especially in the rainy season in abundance on the east coast, where they thrive particularly well due to the humid and warm climate. In Madagascar, both pineapple and bananas …

Mofomamy akondro Banana bread is a cake that is served often for breakfast in hotels and restaurants in Madagascar. It is a sweet and juicy cake which keeps fresh for days – if you have not eaten it before. In Madagascar, people plant a lot of bananas. The full-grown plant serves as a property line, the bananas serve as nutrition …

Hen’omby saosy dipoavatra sy mangahazo sésame Cassava (Malagasy mangahazo, meaning blue tree) is perceived in Madagascar more as “poor people’s food” and less as satiation like rice. The tuber tastes similar to potatoes and can be eaten as a side dish in the same way. Zebu meat, on the other hand, is common everywhere in Madagascar. In this recipe, both …