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Matapa

Matapa

Stewed greens or seaweed with fish, shrimp, crab, clams, peanuts, cashews, coconut milk

Moamba de galinha

Moamba de galinha

Chicken stewed in palm oil sauce, serve with cassava leaves and white rice

Peri peri prawns

Peri peri prawns

Prawns marinated in and grilled with a spicy peri-peri chili sauce

Piri piri chicken

Piri piri chicken

Chicken marinated in and grilled with a spicy peri-peri chili sauce

Prawn

Prawn

Trends coming soon

Prego no pão

Prego no pão

Garlic steak sandwich with piri-piri sauce, serve with, for example, fries

Rice and beans

Rice and beans

Seafood

Seafood

Grilled with piri piri sauce

Spiny lobster

Spiny lobster

Squid

Squid

Stewed meat

Stewed meat

Stewed vegetables

Stewed vegetables

Xima

Xima

Cornmeal porridge, serve with, for example, a relish of sauteed greens and vegetables

Ananas con vinho do porto

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Ananas con vinho do porto

Pineapple in port wine

Arroz

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Arroz

Arroz de coco

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Arroz de coco

Batata frita

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Batata frita

Bolinhos de bacalhau

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Bolinhos de bacalhau

Cashew

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Cashew

Cassava

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Cassava

Cebolada

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Cebolada

Stewed onions and tomatoes, serve with bread, chourizo, steak, fish, pork chops

Chamuças

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Chamuças

Chikwangue

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Chikwangue

Cassava paste cooked in banana leaves

Chouriço

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Chouriço

Spicy smoked pork sausage, different from Spanish chourizo, commonly served with pav/pao (bread rolls)

Corn

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Corn

Cucumber salad

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Cucumber salad

Cucumbers with lemon juice, salt, ground red pepper powder

Farofa

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Farofa

Toasted cassava (manioc) flour mixed with bacon, onions, garlic, used as a topping or stuffing in other dishes or eaten by itself as a side

Field mouse

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Field mouse

Commonly sold dried on a stick by street vendors

Francesinha sauce

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Francesinha sauce

A tomato and beer sauce that is used to make the Portuguese francesinha sandwich, a sandwich that is made with ham, linguica, chipolata sausage, steak or roasted meat and cheese, and commonly served with fries

Fruit

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Fruit

Avocado, bananas, coconut, grapefruit, mango, oranges, papaya, pineapples, tangerines, watermelon

Gindungo

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Gindungo

Spicy condiment made with gindungo chili peppers (piri-piri chili peppers), garlic, onion, salt, oil and vinegar, sometimes brandy

Insects

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Insects

Manhanga

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Manhanga

Maputi

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Maputi

Roasted corn kernels

Millet

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Millet

Mucua

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Mucua

Dried fruit from the baobab tree, the pulp is commonly sucked or chewed, used in various recipes, and the dried powder is made into a drink

Pão

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Pão

Trends coming soon

Pastel

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Pastel

Savory pies, for example, chicken, fish, shrimp, cheese, hearts of palm, beef, there are also sweet variations

Peri peri

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Peri peri

Chili peppers or chili pepper sauce, used with chicken, prawns

Polony

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Polony

A bologna-like pork, beef and/or chicken sausage, this processed meat sausage is different from chikanda, also called African polony, which is a vegetarian loaf made from orchid tubers, peanuts, chilies and baking soda

Potato

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Potato

Puto

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Puto

Steamed rice cakes, some variations use cassava or wheat flour

Rissois

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Rissois

Small croquettes, made with shrimp (rissóis de camarão), ground beef, sausage, cheese

Rissole

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Rissole

Minced meat patty, croquette or savory pastry, made with beef, chicken, lamb, shrimp, fish, potatoes, vegetables

Salada de frutas

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Salada de frutas

Salada pera de abacate

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Salada pera de abacate

Avocado and tomato salad

Sofrito

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Sofrito

Onion and garlic sauteed in olive oil, used as a base for soups, stews, rice dishes

Sorghum

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Sorghum

Stewed greens

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Stewed greens

Stewed cassava leaves, kale, malakwang, blackjack, goosefoot, marogo, pigweed, purslane, thistle, sweet potato leaves, malanga, pumpkin leaves, njama njama, spinach

Trends coming soon

Vegetables

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Vegetables

Beans, cabbage, collard greens, corn, cucumbers, greens, okra, onions, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes

Bein mont

Bein mont

Rice pancake topped with nuts and seeds

Chai

Chai

Tea, flavored with milk, sugar, spices, salt

Chapati

Chapati

Flatbread, serve with curry, boiled lentils, peas, may be filled with potatoes, minced meat, curry

Hsan byok

Hsan byok

Rice porridge, may also contain chicken, duck

Hsi htamin

Hsi htamin

Glutinous rice stir fried in oil with onions, dried shrimp, turmeric

Htamin jaw

Htamin jaw

Kauk hnyin paung

Kauk hnyin paung

Steamed glutinous rice

Kyaw

Kyaw

Vegetable fritters, made with beans, corn, gourd, mushrooms, onions, potato, banana

Lahpet

Lahpet

Pickled or fermented tea leaves, used to make tea and used in lahpet thoke (tea leaf salad)

Masala chai

Masala chai

Mohinga

Mohinga

Rice noodles and fish broth with boiled eggs, fried fish cake (nga hpe) and fritters (akyaw)

Mon hin khar

Mon hin khar

Curry soup with fish, noodles, hard boiled egg, vegetables

Mont pyar thalet

Mont pyar thalet

Savory rice flour pancake, made with chickpeas, coriander and spring onions

Nan bya

Nan bya

Flatbread, serve with butter, pe byouk (boiled peas), curry

Nga cheik paung

Nga cheik paung

Steamed black glutinous rice, serve with sesame seed paste or pe byouk (boiled beans)

Pe byouk

Pe byouk

Boiled sprouted yellow peas, serve with flatbread

Rice

Rice

Tea

Tea

Yau char kwai

Yau char kwai

Fried dough in the form of a breadstick

Banana fritters

Banana fritters

Bein mont

Bein mont

Rice pancake topped with nuts and seeds

Durian jam

Durian jam

Jam made from durian fruit

Falooda

Falooda

Cold drink made with rose syrup, milk, vermicelli, basil and jelly, sometimes ice cream

Fresh fruit

Fresh fruit

Halva

Halva

Flour or nut confections, many types

Htamane

Htamane

Glutinous rice snack made with coconut, peanuts, sesame seeds, ginger, common on the full moon day of Tabodwe (တပို့တွဲ)

Htanyet

Htanyet

Jaggery

Jaggery

Unrefined sugar from cane juice or palm sap

Jalebi

Jalebi

Deep-fried flour noodles soaked in syrup

Kao hlaingti mont

Kao hlaingti mont

Steamed sticky rice cake colored with purple flowers

Kauk mote

Kauk mote

Folded rice flour crepes with palm sugar, coconut, etc

Kulfi

Kulfi

Traditional Indian ice cream

Kyauk kyaw

Kyauk kyaw

Sweet agar-agar jelly (seaweed jelly) flavored with coconut milk

La mont

La mont

Round pastry filled with, for example, red bean paste, lotus seed paste

Laddu

Laddu

Fried dough balls made with wheat, ragi/finger millet, rice, dal/lentil, may be filled

Lahpet

Lahpet

Pickled or fermented tea leaves, used to make tea and used in lahpet thoke (tea leaf salad)

Malaing lohn

Malaing lohn

Deep-fried dough balls soaked in syrup

Mok-si-kyo

Mok-si-kyo

Coconut fritters

Mont kalama

Mont kalama

Toffee-like candies made with glutinous rice flour, sugar, coconut milk

Mont kyoe lein

Mont kyoe lein

Pretzel-shaped confection made with rice and bean flour

Mont kywe the

Mont kywe the

Rice pudding cake served with grated coconut

Mont lay pway

Mont lay pway

Large crispy glutinous rice wafers

Mont leik pyar

Mont leik pyar

Rice sheets filled with jaggery and coconut

Mont let saung

Mont let saung

An iced sweet dessert made with sweet rice flour jelly noodles, tapioca balls, glutinous rice, coconut, sesame seeds with syrup in coconut milk

Mont lone gyi

Mont lone gyi

Deep-fried rice dumplings filled with grated coconut

Mont lone yay baw

Mont lone yay baw

Sweet glutinous rice balls, commonly topped with grated coconut

Mote sein paung

Mote sein paung

Steamed layered rice cake

Nankhatai

Nankhatai

Shortbread cookies

Nga pyaw thi baung

Nga pyaw thi baung

Bananas poached in sweetened coconut milk

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