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Brède de maïs

A traditional vegetarian dish from Mauritius, where young corn leaves become soft and slightly sweet after slow cooking with garlic and chili. It's an everyday meal, served with rice and a little salted fish or rougail.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Wash the corn leaves thoroughly in plenty of water, remove the toughest ribs and cut them into strips about 2 cm wide.
  2. Thinly slice the onions, crush the garlic and split the chili in half.
  3. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions, garlic and chili until golden, about 5 minutes.
  4. Add the diced tomato and the turmeric, and simmer for 3 minutes, stirring.
  5. Add the corn leaves, salt and pepper, then cover and cook over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the leaves are very tender and the cooking liquid has evaporated.
  6. Adjust the seasoning and serve hot with white rice.

Variations and tips

Smoked version. Add a piece of salted fish or some diced bacon along with the onions for more flavour.

Using what's available here. Corn leaves are hard to find outside the island; replace them with green cabbage or chard leaves, reducing the cooking time to 10 minutes.

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