Grilled · Coastal Seafood

LM Prawns

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The name comes from Lourenço Marques, what Maputo was called until 1976, and 'LM prawns' still appears on menus across southern Africa, especially in South Africa.

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.