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Masikita

Name: Masikita
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Madagascar
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 1 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 12 Bamboo skewers

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Small pieces of zebu beef skewered and grilled over charcoal — Madagascar's street skewers.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Masikita are Malagasy street skewers: meat from the humped zebu cattle is cut small, threaded on bamboo skewers, and grilled over charcoal. In Madagascar the zebu is a prized animal and a symbol of wealth. In the evening, smoke rises from street-corner grills, and they're popular as a light bite.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a sloping Antananarivo street at dusk, little skewers lined up over charcoal are fanned as people on their way home buy them one at a time.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 400g
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Bamboo skewers 12

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into small 1.5cm cubes.
Marinate 30 minutes with the grated garlic and ginger, soy sauce, oil, salt, and pepper.
Thread 4–5 pieces onto each bamboo skewer.
Grill over charcoal or under a fish grill for 5–6 minutes, turning.
They're done when browned.
Arrange on a plate while hot.

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