🇲🇺 The food of Mauritius
5 dishes from Mauritius, best known first.
Paratha
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, often fried and sometimes stuffed
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
PuttuVeganപുട്ട്
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSteamed cylinders of rice flour and coconut, served hot for breakfast
Main dish, Breakfast
Jian duiVegetarian
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreFried glutinous rice balls coated with sesame seeds and filled with sweet paste
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
SachimaVegetarianᠰᠠᠴᡳᠮᠠ
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSweet, airy strips of deep-fried dough held together with sugar syrup
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks
ShankarpaliVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreDiamond-shaped sweet snack made from flour, sugar, ghee and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paratha: Wagaung at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Puttu: Mathew Jibin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jian dui: PL09Puryono, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sachima: Tisanophile, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shankarpali: Vijay Sonar, CC BY 2.0, source