Betsileo Staple · Beans & Beef
Tsaramaso sy Hena Omby (Beans with Beef)
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'Tsaramaso' literally combines the Malagasy words tsara, 'good', and maso, 'eye', a name thought to come from the eye-like mark on each bean.
Dried beans are simmered slowly with beef, onion, garlic and tomato until the beans turn soft and the sauce thickens, ladled over rice as a filling everyday laoka in the cool Betsileo highlands.
Why it's made this way: Around Fianarantsoa's terraced hills, beans grow alongside rice on the same small highland plots, making a hearty bean-and-beef stew a natural, land-efficient counterpart to the region's famous rice terraces.
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