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Gateaux piments is a traditional dish originating from Mauritius. These chili fritters are made with a combination of chopped hot chili peppers, split peas, cumin, green onions, cilantro, and turmeric. The split peas are pulsed and mixed with the other ingredients, and the combination is then shaped into small balls and fried in oil until golden and fully cooked.
This dish is often served at street food stalls in Mauritius, but it can also be made at home. Gateaux piments are usually eaten for breakfast, accompanied by buttered white bap bread.
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Roti chaud is a traditional flatbread originating from Mauritius. This snack is essentially a roti flatbread that's filled with rougaille (tomato-based sauce) and butter bean curry known as gros pois. The flatbread is filled, rolled into a wrap, then served with an array of pickles and chutneys.
The rotis are usually made with a combination of flour, oil, warm water, and salt, while grois pois is made with a combination of butter beans, tomatoes, stock, coriander, garlic, and ginger. The dish can be found at Mauritian street food stalls, but it can also be prepared at home.
Bhajas is a traditional dish originating from Mauritius. These vegetable fritters are made with a combination of chickpea flour, all-purpose flour, onions, tomatoes, garlic, mixed vegetables, green chili peppers, coriander, and baking powder. The flours, garlic, and baking powder are mixed with water to form a thick batter, and the onions, tomatoes, and mixed vegetables are then added to the mix with chopped chili peppers and coriander.
Small amounts of dough are then fried in oil until golden brown. If desired, these snacks can be enriched by the addition of cumin and turmeric.
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Du pain frire is a traditional dish originating from Mauritius. The dish is prepared by frying bread in oil. It's made with a combination of day-old bread slices, gram flour, white flour, spring onions, baking powder, crushed garlic and ginger, and oil.
Everything except the bread is mixed with a bit of water to create a thick batter, and each slice is then dipped into it before being fried in hot oil until golden brown. The fried slices are then served hot, usually with a chili sauce or coriander chutney on the side.
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