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🇲🇺 Traditional dishes from Mauritius

3 dishes people actually cook in Mauritius: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Biryani

90 min · medium · 12 ingredients

Biryani, a traditional dish from Mauritius

Savor the rich flavors of this Mauritian biryani!

  • 400 g basmati rice
  • 500 g chicken
  • 2 onions
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 150 ml yogurt
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 tbsp ginger
  • 2 tbsp biryani spice mix
  • 1 coriander
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 800 ml water

Dholl puri

120 min · medium · 7 ingredients

Dholl puri, a traditional dish from Mauritius

Delicious flatbreads stuffed with spiced split peas!

  • 200 g split peas
  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 300 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 onion

Rougaille

45 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Rougaille, a traditional dish from Mauritius

A flavorful Mauritian dish bursting with spices!

  • 200 g onion
  • 400 g tomatoes
  • 4 garlic
  • 20 g ginger
  • 2 green chili
  • 10 g coriander
  • 30 ml olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 500 g chicken

What do people eat in Mauritius?

The three dishes from Mauritius documented in Copper are Biryani, Dholl puri and Rougaille. Onion and chicken each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Mauritius?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 5 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Mauritius entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Mauritius take?

Rougaille is the quickest at 45 minutes. Dholl puri is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Mauritius is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Mauritius here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Rougaille is the shortest way in.

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