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10 Exotic Desserts From Madagascar That Are Easy To Make

10 Exotic Desserts From Madagascar That Are Easy To Make

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The eating habits of Madagascar’s 13-million-plus people are as diverse as their genetic backgrounds. Their heritage is a combination of Swahili, Arabic, Indonesian, Malayan, Polynesian, French and English — all cooking together on the world’s fourth-largest island. Can you imagine how that tastes?

French cooking techniques and influences are used in most of the meals prepared in Madagascar. When it comes to desserts, you can expect fabulously exotic and delicious.

Colonized by France, Madagascar won its independence in 1960. Do yourself a favor and try some of these exotic desserts from Madagascar that are easy to make.

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Madagascar Vanilla Bean Fruity Clafouti

Pack a few servings of this in Tupperware for an easy-to-eat, sweet treat during a picnic. It tastes delicious fresh and warm, but also makes a great pudding once cooled. You can play with the consistency to make it more like a cake or a custard, and choose whatever fresh berries you like. This recipe from RodelleKtichen.com calls for fresh cherries.

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angsarap.net

 

Malagasy Cake

This dessert is sweet and surprisingly light. The tapioca gives it a delightful, pudding-like consistency, while the bananas give it a nice creaminess. It’s a mostly mild-flavored dessert, but the clove and nutmeg spices it up. Feel free to add whipped cream on top! Find the recipe here at Yummly.com.

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life.illinois.edu

Malagasy Honey Doughnut

Everybody loves a doughnut, but you will have some very happy eaters when you pass out these sticky, crispy-but-soft, super-sweet honey doughnuts. Imagine fusing a sticky bun with a croissant: pure bliss. Be sure to serve them chilled to enjoy the full flavor of the honey. Find the recipe here at Life.Illinois.edu.

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cookwithcindy.blogspot.com

 

Koba Akondro

The banana-leaf wrapping makes this dish look like a little present. It’s just steamed mashed bananas, ground peanuts and honey wrapped in banana leaves. It’s the perfect handheld, on-the-go treat. The fun thing about this recipe is that it takes on very different flavors when served hot versus cold, both tasty in their own right. Here is a brief instructional video from YouTube.com.

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globaltableadventure.com

 

Vanilla Bean n’ Tropical Fruit

No regular fruit salad will ever be up to your standards after trying this heavenly recipe. Fresh vanilla bean is tossed with fresh, tropical fruit, permeating the air with its sweet scent and infusing every piece of fruit with its flavor. This recipe from GlobalTableAdventure.com just uses one fruit, the rambutan, which is a creamy white fruit with a flavor like sweet pears.

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Mokary Coconut Mofo Gasy Mofogasy

This is a sweet dish usually eaten for breakfast or for dessert in Madagascar. It’s little fried cakes with the sweet and creamy flavors of condensed milk, grated coconut, coconut milk and sugar. What more could you want? Eat them hot off the stove as pancakes, or cooled with fruit and ice cream. Here is an instructional video from Gasy.net.

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Mofo Akondro

These are banana fritters, or simply deep-fried bananas. Sounds pretty good right? For a fun serving method, insert small wooden sticks corndog-style into the fritters so you can easily dip them into chocolate sauce, vanilla sauce, caramel sauce and even ice cream. Here’s an easy instructional video from YouTube.com

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en.wikipedia.org

Mofo Makasaoka

These are baguette fritters otherwise known as deep-fried baguette. That’s right: deep fried bread. It’s sinfully delicious. The recipe calls for slightly stale baguettes, and the batter is sugary. Eat these as a snack or for dessert. Since this is just bread and batter, it tastes good with just about any sweet side. Here’s an easy instructional video from YouTube.com.

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Bonbon Tamarind Ball Candy

Bonbon tamarind is sold from street food outlets throughout Madagascar. It uses the unique looking tamarind fruit to make a super sweet mixture that, when cooled, takes on a molasses-like consistency. The mixture is then rolled into balls and dipped into sugar. Here’s an easy to follow video from YouTube.com.