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Romazava

Name: Romazava
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Madagascar
Ingredients: 500g Beef; 1 bunch Spinach; 1 bunch Leafy greens; 2 Tomato; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; A pinch Sichuan Peppercorn; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; To taste Cooked rice

Soup

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beef and several kinds of greens stewed with a tongue-tingling flower — the soup considered Madagascar's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Romazava is a soup of beef (zebu) and greens considered Madagascar's national dish. Its hallmark is brède mafana, a flower and leaf that makes your tongue tingle and go numb. Rice is the staple in Madagascar, and this soup is eaten with rice. Each household uses its own mix of greens.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in an Antananarivo home, green-filled soup from a big pot is ladled over a platter of rice as the family gathers around.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 500g
Spinach 1 bunch
Leafy greens 1 bunch
Tomato 2
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Sichuan Peppercorn A pinch
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces and brown in oil.
Add the onion, garlic, and ginger and sauté, then add the chopped tomato.
Add 1L water and simmer 1 hour.
Add the roughly chopped spinach and greens and simmer 10 minutes.
Add a little Sichuan pepper and season with salt.
Serve with rice.

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