Malagasy Recipes

One of the most famous Madagascar recipes is the akolo sy voanio, which is a main course, served with coconut milk and rice. The recipe includes chicken, coconut (both ground and milk), tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, vegetable oil and ground pepper. Seafood is best known as foza sy hena-kisoa, which includes stir fried crab, pork and rice or as lobster with fresh greens, ginger and lime. The koba is another dish which is basically a platter, filled with rice, banana and various local peanuts. The Madagascar desserts are made of banana, coconut and coconut milk and flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla.