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Foza (Crab) in Tomato-Ginger Sauce

Foza (Crab) in Tomato-Ginger Sauce — street food from Nosy Be, Madagascar
Photo: Chirocca77 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mud crabs from Madagascar's mangrove coasts are also shipped abroad live and frozen, making crab one of the island's notable seafood exports.

Fresh crab is cracked and simmered in a sauce of tomato, garlic, ginger and onion until the shell soaks up the aromatics, served with rice to catch the sauce.

Why it's made this way: The far north's mangrove estuaries around Antsiranana and Nosy Be are some of Madagascar's richest crabbing grounds, making crab an everyday catch rather than a luxury.
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