Grilled · Coastal Seafood
LM Prawns
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These prawns are named after a city that no longer exists on any map — Lourenço Marques, Maputo's name until 1976.
Large prawns are split, brushed with piri-piri butter, and grilled over open coals at beachside grill shacks along the Mozambican coast, then eaten with the hands alongside rice or bread.
Why it's made this way: Mozambique's warm coastal waters produce large, prized prawns, and pairing them with piri-piri butter turned an abundant local catch into the country's signature seafood street dish.
Roughly what's in it
350kcal
32gprotein
3gcarbs
22gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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