List of Sino-Mauritian dishes

This is a list of Chinese and Chinese-influenced dishes in Sino-Mauritian cuisine:

Main dishes

Poultry and eggs

Name in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese	English	Description	Image
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	English	Description	Image
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	Name in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese	English	Description	Image
Rice flour	Meefoon frir	炒米粉	Fried meefoon[7]	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	Mandarin Chinese	English	Description	Image
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	Image
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

Cooking Method	Name in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese	English	Description	Image
Braised/ Roasted	Cha siu, Char siew, Cha shao[2]: 146	叉烧 (chāshāo)	Char siu	Cantonese-style barbecued pork
	Crispy chicken	脆皮雞		Crispy Cantonese-style roast chicken
	Foong moon choo niouk[2]: 145–146	红焖猪肉 (hongmen zhurou)	Red braised pork	Hakka-style red braised pork; pork belly or brisket cooked with sweet rice wine and rice rice (kiouk)
	Moy choy niouk	梅菜扣肉 (meicai gourou)		Hakka-stye fatty pork slices (typically pork belly) with dried mustard greens
			Jiaoling (蕉岭)-style Meicai gourou	A variation where the pork slices are hidden under the mustard greens[14]
	Peking duck	北京烤鴨
	Roast duck	烧鸭 (shaoya)
	Siuyuk, Siuyok, Shao zhu	燒肉 (shao rou)	Siu yuk	Crispy pork belly
Curing	Saucisse sinwa, Lap cheong	腊肠 (lachang)	Chinese sausage	Southern Chinese sausage
Deep fried	Shrimp fooyang	蝦芙蓉蛋
Salt-crust	Yam kuk gai	鹽焗雞/盐焗鸡 (yán jú jī)		Salt-baked chicken[15][9]
Steamed	Pak cham gai	白切鸡 (baiqieji)	White cut chicken	Steamed chicken
	Steamed fish	蒸鱼 (zhengyu)		A steamed fresh whole fish
	Steamed fish with ginger and green onion	清蒸魚 (qing zhengyu)		A steamed fresh whole fish with fresh ginger and green onion
Stir fry	Black bean squid			Calamari with black bean sauce
	Poisson black bean		Black bean fish	Stir-fried fish with black bean sauce
	Prawns in garlic and butter			Tiger prawns stir-fried in garlic and butter[16]
	Chop suey
	Zhai	罗汉菜 (luohan cai)	Buddha's delight
Sweet and sour (called Aigre-doux)	Sweet and sour fish[17]	糖醋魚		A sweet-and-sour dish made with fish filet, vegetables, and pineapple
	Sweet and sour lobster[16]
	Sweet and sour squid
Preserved food	Dizef cent ans	皮蛋 (pidan)	Century eggs	Century eggs eaten with pickle ginger
			Pickle ginger

Preserved vegetables

Name in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese	English	Description	Image
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	English	Description	Image
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	Image
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	English	Description	Image
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	English	Description	Image
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	Name in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese	English	Description	Image
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	Image
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	English	Description	Image
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

• Mauritians of Chinese origin
• Mauritian cuisine
• Culture of Mauritius

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