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Coconut chicken with rice and tomato salad

Akoho voanio amin’ny lasary voatabia This recipe for coconut chicken or Poulet coco, as it is also often called in Madagascar, consists of quite simple ingredients, but tastes all the better. Chicken, like zebu, is a component of many Malagasy dishes. It is accompanied by rice, as is always customary on the island. A meal without rice does not fill …

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Samboza (filled pastries)

Malagasy Samboza are small, triangular pastries filled with meat, vegetables, or cheese. You can get them in many Malagasy restaurants or small booths on the street. Mostly, they are served with Sakay or tamarind sauce. You may also use thin Wan Tans (Won ton) wrappers as an alternative to a self-made dough. Ingredients: 500 g minced beef two big onions …

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Tuna on vegetable salad

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 …

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10 good reasons to travel to Madagascar

10 gute Gründe, nach Madagaskar zu reisen

#1 Baobabs: Madagascar’s legendary Baobab Alley is located in the west of the island. The mighty trees with their impressive silhouettes are famous all over the world. On Madagascar there are seven different species of Baobabs, on earth, there are only eight species in total. Discover the Baobab forests of Andavadoaka and visit the “Mother of the forest” in Tsimanampetsotsa! …

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Chili peanut dip

Sakay sy voanjo Sakay is the Malagasy name for Habanero-like small chili cultivated only in Madagascar. Normally it is processed in the dried state. The dips prepared with it are extremely hot, which is why we have also included a milder variant made by our team member Dimby from Madagascar in our recipes. In this recipe, the still green Sakay …

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Fried noodles

Min Sao Min Sao is a simple noodle dish, which originally comes from Asia. It is most similar to Vietnamese Mi Xao, which simply means as much as “fried noodles”. In Madagascar, you can find Min Sao, Mi-Sao, or Misao (the spelling varies) on almost every small restaurant’s menu. Usually, you can order it with different kinds of meat (beef, …

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Zebu sandwich

Bild eines Sandwichs mit Salat, Tomaten gebratenen Rindfleisch in Sauce

Mofo amin’ny omby This recipe comes from one of Madagascar’s most famous hotels in the eastern highlands and is wonderful for picnics, a quick dinner, or even for breakfast. Ingredients for 2 large sandwiches: 500 g beef hip (zebu, if available) 1 medium-sized onion 2 tomatoes Iceberg lettuce 2 tablespoons of oil 1 tablespoon of water 1 tablespoon dark soy …

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Koba akondro

Koba akondro

Koba akondro is a thick cake made of bananas, rice flour and peanuts. In Madagascar, you can buy it as snack in train and trucker stations, folded in banana leaves. The big brother of Koba akondro is Koba ravina, a cake made only of rice flour, sugar and peanuts. It looks very similar inside, but is usually cut in large …

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Three pepper beef with coconut rice and cucumber salad

Hen’omby saosy telo dipoavatra sy vary voanio miaraka amin’ny lasary kokombra The Malagasy pepper is famous far beyond the country’s borders because of its quality and special flavor. In this delicious recipe for beef in sauce, we uset hree different types of Malagasy pepper: pickled green pepper, dried black pepper, and wild jungle pepper (in Malagasy, voatsyperyfery). It is accompanied …

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Dos and don’ts in Madagascar

Big Mama in Ankify

Dos Respect the local fadys. They are extremely important to Madagascans and it would be very rude to hurt them. Try to speak or learn a few words of Madagascan. Salama as an omnipresent greeting (in the north: Mbola tsara, on the islands of the east coast Akoriaby) is always welcome, and also Azafady (please, excuse me) and Misaotra (thank …

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