Cuisine in Comoros

Pilao

Festive dish of rice flavored with clove and cinnamon, cooked with meat and vegetables

• Region: Nationwide
• Main ingredients: Rice, Beef or chicken, Clove, Cinnamon, Tomato

Langouste a la Vanille

Coconut milk-simmered banana and rice sweet staple

• Region: Grande Comore
• Main ingredients: Ripe banana, Rice, Coconut milk, Sugar

Mataba Ya Ngoma

Home-cooked dish of green bananas and fish simmered with tamarind

• Region: Anjouan
• Main ingredients: Green banana, White fish, Tamarind, Garlic

Kambokoko

Mochi-like light meal of kneaded cassava flour eaten with coconut sauce

• Region: Mohéli
• Main ingredients: Cassava flour, Coconut milk, Salt

Samoussa

Spiced ground meat wrapped in fried pastry, Ramadan snack essential

• Region: Nationwide
• Main ingredients: Flour, Ground beef, Onion, Cumin

Mupido

Whole fish grilled over charcoal with lemon and chili, beach staple

• Region: Coastal areas
• Main ingredients: Fresh fish, Lemon, Chili, Salt

Lahracha

Rich sauce of young cassava leaves simmered with peanuts and coconut

• Region: Mohéli
• Main ingredients: Cassava leaves, Peanuts, Coconut milk, Salt

Chai Masala

Sweet milk tea with clove and cardamom

• Region: Nationwide
• Main ingredients: Tea leaves, Milk, Clove, Cardamom, Sugar