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Recipes of Mauritius
"A sheer delight for the palate..."
"An exotic taste, a kaleidoscope of flavors and aromas..."
Comments such as these always sound like musical notes to the ears of people who have got a vivacious interest in the Mauritian cuisine. Mauritius, a small but heavenly beautiful island is renowned worldwide for its exotic cuisine and plethora of aromas and flavours. It is the result of a cultural heritage and cooking traditions from various ethnicities, mainly the Indian, Chinese, Muslim European and Creole. The Mauritian cuisine is an art in its own since mixing of these different cooking traditions has given rise to a unique Mauritian cuisine. The skillful chefs in Mauritius have more than once demonstrated their "savoir-faire" by creating a myriad of exclusive dishes with a perfect blend of traditional and local ingredients.
The dishes prepared by Mauritian represent an outright gastronomical delight both to the yes and palate. Local vegetables and fruits are usually used as base for the dishes and they are accentuated with the local spices, having a unique taste. The famous Creole rougailles, Indian curries, briyanis, Chinese chopsuey, to french civet de li vre forms part of the Mauritian cuisine. The ingredients being used in those dishes ranges from tomatoes, ginger, onions, and garlic to chillies and the spices such as cinnamon, saffron, cardamom, and gloves provide the subtle, required flavor in the dishes. The regular menu in a mauirtian family consists of rice, combination of rougailles and curry, and other beans. Also if one does not want rice he can substitute if for a "farata", this is sort of flat bread prepared from flour and extremely appreciated among Mauritians.
Visitors to Mauritius should at least once, taste the exquisite dishes proposed by various chefs usually found in hotels or highly reputed restaurants in the island. Restaurant La Colombe, Don Camillo, and Restaurant Coin De Mire: Fresh Seafood, are highly appraised for their food and excellent customer service. Sea food lovers are really pampered in this small island, the lagoons is richly diversified in its marine life thus providing numerous sea foods. The ?Millionaire salad? is a must , it is composed of oysters, shrimps, crayfish, crabs, Rosenbergi prawns that is served with sauce rouge(red sauce) and the heart of a palm tree.
To experience the unique taste of Mauritian food, a dholl puri; wheat pancakes stuffed with yellow split peas and served with curry and tomato sauce with a large glass of alouda or even gateaux piment and samosas are a must. These can be bought from any markets in the island and you will indeed forever remember the taste. Exploring the Mauritian cuisine is like an adventure, you go through a myriad of cultures, the perfect blend of different ethnicities, so rightly demonstrated in the Mauritian dishes. If you want start your day with a continental breakfast, followed by Chinese lunch and finish with an Indian dinner along with some French wine, the Mauritius is the perfect destination your are seeking.
Mauritius produces a wide range of cane rum. It is very cheap and is a nice drink when mixed with cola and ice.Don't forget the coconut water with a dash of lime and a splash of local rum over ice.
The local beer Phoenix is considered to be one of the best in the world.
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