This list is
Sino-Mauritian
cuisine:
Main dishes
Poultry and eggs
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Description
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Dizef rouge[1] [2] : 103
紅蛋, 紅雞蛋
Chinese red eggs
Hard boiled egg, dyed red and eaten with pickled ginger; shared with family members during a child's one-month old celebration.[2] : 103
Chicken cooked in rice wine and ginger
Chicken cooked in rice wine and ginger; eaten during a child's one-month-old celebration.[2] : 103
Rice
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Bol renversé (lit. 'upside down bowl')
Magic bowl[3] [4]
Rice-based dish served with a stir-fry sauce, similar to chop suey . Can contain meat, poultry, vegetables such as bok choy , and mushrooms. Usually topped with a fried egg.
Briyani porc [5]
Pork biryani
Localization of Indian biryani; contains pork instead of beef or chicken
Diri blanc
米饭 (mifan)
White rice
Plain, steamed white rice; a staple food
Diri frir
炒饭 (chaofan)
Chinese fried rice
Basic Chinese fried rice
Chicken fried rice with tomato chutney
Localization of Chinese fried rice, eaten with fresh tomato chutney[6] : 130-131
Moonfan
闷饭 (munfan)
Riz cantonais
广式炒饭 (Guangdong shi chaofan)
Cantonese-style fried rice
Noodles
Type
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Mandarin Chinese
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Rice flour
Meefoon frir
炒米粉
Fried
Fried rice vermicelli noodles
Saho foon
沙河粉 (shahe fen)
Wheat flour
Mine bouilli
Boiled noodles
Boiled noodles served without broth
Mine bouilli poulet
(lit. 'boiled noodles with chicken').[8]
Boiled noodles with chicken
Boiled noodles served without broth, topped with chicken
Mine frire
炒面 (chaomian)
Chow mein
Dumplings
Type
Name in Mauritius
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Seafood
Boulette poisson, Van yen
鱼丸 (yuwan), 鱼圆
Fish ball
En pow niuk
Steamed fish fingers [4]
Haw gao
蝦餃 (xiajiao)
Har gow
Dumpling that typically contains prawn
Meat
Boulette la vianne
Hakka -style beef ball[9]
Kiow
Jiaozi
Jiaozi
韭菜雞肉餃 (jiucai jirou jiao)
Leek and chicken dumplings
Smiling char siu bao
開口笑叉燒包
Spare pork ribs
清蒸排骨
Wantan
Huntun / yuntun
Wonton
Xiao loong bao
小笼包 (xiaolong bao)
Xiaolong bao
Small baozi served in dim sum
Braised chicken feet
紅燒鳳爪
Mixed vegetables and meat
Nioukyen, Boulette chou chou
肉丸, 肉圓
Traditional Hakka dish made of chayote and mixed with pork or chicken
Saw maï, Siu mai
烧卖 (shaomai)
Shumai
Typically contains prawn, pork, or chicken, but can be vegetarian
Steamed stuffed chilli [10]
釀辣椒
Stuffed green chilli, typically filled with pork
Steamed stuffed eggplant
釀茄子
Steamed stuffed eggplant, typically filled with fish
Yong foo gah
酿苦瓜 (niang gu gua)
Stuffed bitter gourd
Hakka-style dish of bitter gourd stuffed with shrimp and fish paste[9]
Rice
Tangyuan
汤圆 (tangyuan)
Glutinous rice ball[11]
Sticky rice with lotus leaf
荷葉糯米飯
Zong
Zongzi
Zongzi
Two types: sweet (Hakka-style) and salty (Cantonese-style); the sweet version is eaten with peanut powder. Wrapped in fatak leaves .[12]
Tofu
Teofu
純豆腐 (chun doufu)
Tofu
Extra soft tofu, often in small pieces
Teokon
豆干
Silken tofu
Firm to extra firm tofu, often cubed
Teokon farci, Nyong teokon
酿豆腐 (niangtoufu)
Yong tau foo
Extra firm tofu filled with ground meat (e.g. pork[9] ) mixture or fish paste
Buns and bread
Type
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
English
Description
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Steam bun
Bao, Pao[13]
Baozi / bao
Baozi
Salty bao: a steam bun filled with chicken or pork, Chinese sausage, black mushroom, and soy egg (dizef roti)[13]
豆沙包 (dousha bao)
Sweet bao: typically filled with red bean paste
Bao char siu
叉燒包 (chāshāo bao)
Cha siu bao
Salty bao steamed buns usually filled with char siu (BBQ pork)
Gua bao
Side dishes
Preserved vegetables
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Description
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Meicai gan
梅菜干
Meigan cai
Dry pickled Chinese mustard
Dried mooli [18]
萝卜干 (luobo gan)
Preserved salted daikon radish
Hamchoy
Salted mustard greens[19]
Soups and broths
Type
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Bean
Adzuki bean soup
红豆 (hongdou tang)
Sweet adzuki bean soup
Mung bean soup
綠豆湯 (ludou tang)
Sweet soup made from mung bean
Fungus
Snow fungus soup
银耳汤 (yin er tang)
Savoury soup made from snow fungus
Noodle
Bouillon meefoon
米粉湯
Meefoon soup[20]
Rice vermicelli noodle soup
Wonton noodle soup
雲吞湯麵
Meat
Hot and sour soup
酸辣汤 (suanla tang)
Hot and sour soup with chicken
Moon kiow
Deep-fried dumpling soup
Sui kiow
水饺 (shuijiao)
Wonton soup
雲吞湯
Wontons in a broth
Swallow nest soup
Rice
La soup diriz; Jook
粥 (zhou)
Rice congee
Plain rice porridge
Seafood
Bouillon boulette poisson
Fishball soup
Fishballs cooked in a broth[21]
Shark fin soup [2] : 145
Vegetable-based (may contain meat or poultry)
Bouillon donghua
Winter melon soup
La soup maïs
鸡蛋玉米羹
Corn soup with chicken[22]
Pastries, desserts, snacks and appetizers
Appetizers
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
English
Description
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Crevette tempura
黃金麵包粉炸蝦
Shrimp tempura
Deep fried breaded prawns
Crispy beef
Crispy chicken
Crispy squid
Croquette crevette
粉漿酥炸蝦
Prawn croquette
Dizef roti (lit. 'roasted egg')[23]
卤蛋 (ludan)
Soy egg
Dizef roti mimosa (lit. 'roasted mimosa egg')[24]
Local variation of the Chinese soy egg, prepared to look like a mimosa egg
Hakien
Spring roll
Hakka Sino-Mauritian version of the spring roll
Wonton frir
酥炸雲吞 (suzha yuntun)
Fried wonton [25]
Savoury snacks
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Description
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Chipek, Sipek [26]
Prawn cracker
Gato arouille, Voo yan
Taro root fritters
Deep-fried taro balls
Gato crab
Gato cravate sale
Gato les doigts, Yiw tia cu
油条 (youtiao)
Youtiao
Long strips of deep-fried dough
Za teokon [27]
炸豆干 (zha dougan)
Fried tofu
Pastries, desserts, and sweet snacks
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Almond biscuit
Chinese almond biscuit
Gai dan gow
鸡蛋糕 (jidan gao)
Steamed egg sponge cake
Gato cravate sucre
Gato la cire[12]
Niangao
Niangao
Tiam pan [11]
甜粄 (tianban)
Hakka-style glutinous rice cake; brown in colour
Gato la lune
Chu chong kau/ Chu chong kow
豬腸糕
Hakka-style mooncake that looks like a white finger or Chinese banana roll (香蕉糕)
Kwi Fa kow
Ngin piang
五仁饼 (wu ren bing)
Five nut moon cake
Mooncake with 5 ingredients
Niat Kwong kow (lit. "Moon light cake")
Yueguangbing
(Chinese : 月光饼 ; lit. 'moonlight cake')
Hakka-style mooncake made of rice powder that looks like a white, flat disc; can be adorned with designs of animals and flowers
Niat piang
月饼 (yuebing)
Mooncake [28]
Cantonese-style moon cake commonly filled with:
double egg-yolk
lotus paste
lotus paste with egg-yolk
red bean paste
peanuts
Nion Chee Kow/
Gato capsule
Used to be molded in Coca-Cola bottle caps, hence the name gato capsule
Voo ma Kow [12]
Wu ma gao
Cake filled with black sesame paste and covered with white sesame seeds
zhixingao (直心糕)
白切糕 (bai qie gao)
Sliced white moon cake, filled with a thick layer sweet paste and containing black sesame seeds
Gato macaroni
沙琪玛 (shaqima)
Sachima
Gato pandan
班蘭蛋糕 (banlan dangao)
Pandan cake
Gato zinzli
Jien-yan-e (煎丸欸)[11]
Jiandui
Sesame ball
Sesame ball made of sweet potato , glutinous rice, or red bean paste . Deep fried until slightly chewy and crispy, and coated with sesame seeds.[29] [30]
笑口棗 (kai kou xiao)
Smiling sesame balls
Deep fried sesame ball which split as if it is laughing
Mi gau ban[11]
味酵粄 (weijiaoban)
Hakka-style sweet and savoury steamed rice cake
Pak tong pan [31]
Water-bath glutinous rice cake
Poutou rouge, Poutou chinois
Pot pan (發粄/发粄)[11]
发糕 (fa gao)
Fa gao
Typically pink in colour in Mauritius;[12] [32] eaten year-round, but especially during Chinese New Year .[33] [34]
Sagoo au lait de coco
西米露
Sai mai lo
Dessert containing sago and coconut milk
Steamed rice cake
蒸糯米糕
Steamed glutinous rice cake
Teosa, Towsa[12]
Teosa piang
Flaky pastries filled with sweet lentil paste
清明粄 (qingmingban)[11]
Hakka-style sweet snack which looks like a green, flat disc
印花粄 (yìnhuābǎn)[11]
Hakka-style sweet snack; white and round, with an embossed print on the top surface
Traditional Chinese sweets
Type
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Candy
Sesame seed candy
花生芝麻糖
Brittle, nougat-like bar containing sesame seeds
Peanut candy
花生糖
Brittle, nougat-like bar containing peanuts
Gato la lune, Fan teow tang
花生芝麻糖
Brittle, nougat-like bar containing both peanuts and sesame seeds
Imported products
Chin pui mui
Chan Pui Mui preserved plum
A sweet, preserved plum (Chan Pui Mui brand)
Li hing mui
白话梅
Salted dried plum
Losti
Haw flakes
Traditional Chinese sweet made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn
Beverages
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
English
Description
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Bubble tea
Chrysanthemum tea
Green tea
绿茶 (lu cha)
Jasmine tea
La mousse noir
Grass jelly drink
Leung cha
涼茶 (liangcha)
Soymilk
Sauce and condiments
Name in Mauritius
Mandarin Chinese
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Black bean sauce
蒜蓉豆豉酱 (suanrong douchijiang)
Char siu sauce
叉烧酱 (chashao jiang)
Green chilli paste
Spicy dipping sauce
Hoisin sauce
海鲜酱 (haixianjiang)
La sauce l'ail
Dipping sauce, usually eaten with fried food
Oyster sauce [2] : 145
蚝油 (haoyou)
Plum sauce
苏梅酱 (sumei jiang)
Red chilli paste
Spicy dipping sauce
Siaw
生抽
Light soy sauce
Siaw noir
老抽
Dark soy sauce
Siaw poisson
鱼露
Fish sauce
See also
References