Food of Mozambique
Mozambican food mixes African, Indian Ocean and Portuguese touches, with coconut, cassava, peanuts, seafood and the fiery piri piri chili. The long coast brings prawns, crab and fish to the table, and rice with coconut and cashew flavors fill menus. Cooks treat piri piri as both an ingredient and a dipping sauce.
- Main dishes (9)
- Breakfast (2)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (1)
- Salads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (3)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- cassava
- rice
- maize
- seafood
- coconut
- peanuts
- cashews
Signature flavors
- piri piri
- coconut milk
- lemon
- garlic
- peanut
- cashew
Main dishes
Grilled chicken with fiery chili sauce.
Key ingredients: chicken, piri piri, lemon, garlicFull guide →
Cassava leaves cooked with coconut milk, garlic and peanuts.
Key ingredients: cassava leaves, coconut milk, peanutsGarlicky prawns in piri piri sauce.
Key ingredients: prawns, garlic, piri piri
A traditional dish of Mozambique made with maize flour, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: maize flourA traditional dish of Mozambique made with peanuts, chicken, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: peanuts, chickenChicken marinated in chili and herbs.
Key ingredients: chicken, chiliChicken with coconut milk and garlic.
Key ingredients: chicken, coconutA traditional dish of Mozambique made with rice, peanuts, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: rice, peanutsA traditional dish of Mozambique made with beans, pork, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: beans, porkBreakfast
A traditional breakfast dish of Mozambique made with bread, egg, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: bread, eggA traditional breakfast dish of Mozambique made with maize, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: maizeStreet food
A traditional street snack of Mozambique made with beef, bread, garlic, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: beef, bread, garlic
A traditional street snack of Mozambique made with prawn, flour, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: prawn, flour
A traditional street snack of Mozambique made with flour, filling, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: flour, fillingFull guide →Soups
A traditional soup of Mozambique made with fish, tomato, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: fish, tomatoSalads
A traditional salad of Mozambique made with mango, lime, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: mango, limeDesserts and sweets
A traditional sweet treat of Mozambique made with cashew, potato, sugar, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: cashew, potato, sugarA traditional sweet treat of Mozambique made with coconut, eggs, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: coconut, eggsA traditional sweet treat of Mozambique made with coconut, sugar, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: coconut, sugarDrinks
A traditional drink of Mozambique made with passion fruit, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: passion fruitA traditional drink of Mozambique made with lemon, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: lemonA traditional drink of Mozambique made with coconut, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: coconutFruits and produce
Cashew apple is a well-loved fruit or crop in Mozambique, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: cashew apple
Mango is a well-loved fruit or crop in Mozambique, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: mangoFull guide →
Papaya is a well-loved fruit or crop in Mozambique, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: papayaFull guide →
Pineapple is a well-loved fruit or crop in Mozambique, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: pineappleFull guide →
Coconut is a well-loved fruit or crop in Mozambique, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: coconutFull guide →
Banana is a well-loved fruit or crop in Mozambique, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: bananaFull guide →Dish guides from Mozambique
More cuisines of Eastern Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- African red devil peppers: Bovineone at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Matapa: PrestigiousSwazi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ugali & Sukuma Wiki: Paresh Jai from Nairobi, Kenya, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Risole1: PD-self, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Samosas, snack food at Wikipedia's 16th Birthday celebration in Chittagong (01): Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cashew apples: Abhishek Jacob, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- കൈതച്ചക്ക: Suniltg at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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