List of Sino-Mauritian dishes facts for kids

This is a list of Chinese (or/and Chinese-influenced) dishes in Sino-Mauritian cuisine:

Main dishes

Poultry / Eggs

Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Image
Dizef rouge	紅蛋, 紅雞蛋	Chinese red eggs	Hard boiled egg dyed red and eaten with pickled ginger, shared to family members during the one-month old celebration of a child.'
		Chicken cooked in rice wine and ginger	Chicken cooked in rice wine and ginger eaten during the one-month old celebration of a child.'

Rice

Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Image
Bol Renversé (lit. "Upside Down Bowl’")		Magic bowl	A rice-based dish, served with a stir-fry sauce, a bit similar to chop suey (can contain meat, vegetables such as bokchoy, poultry, mushrooms). A fried egg is usually applied on the top surface.
Briyani porc		Pork biryani	A Sino-Mauritian localization of the Indian biryani, contains pork instead of beaf or chicken
Diri blanc	Mifan (米饭)	White rice	Plain, steam white rice; a staple food
Diri frir	Chaofan (炒饭)	Chinese fried rice	Basic Chinese fried rice
		Chicken fried rice with fresh tomato chutney	A localization of the Chinese friend rice; it is eaten with fresh tomato chutney
Moonfan	Munfan (闷饭)
Riz cantonais	Guangdong shi chaofan (广式炒饭)	Cantonese-style fried rice

Noodles/ Mines

Type of Noodles	Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Image
Rice flour-based	Meefoon frir	炒米粉	Fried Meefoon	Fried rice vermicelli noodles.
	Saho Foon	Shahe fen (沙河粉)
Wheat flour-based	Mine bouilli		Boiled Noodles	Boiled noodles served without broth.
	Mine bouilli poulet (lit. "boiled noodles with chicken").		Boiled noodles with chicken	Boiled noodles served without broth with chicken as topping.
	Mine frire	Chaomian (炒面)	Fried noodles

Dumplings/ Boulette

Type of Dumplings	Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Image
Seafood	Boulette poisson / Van yen (鱼圆)	Yuwan (鱼丸)	Fishball
	En pow niuk			A steam fish fingers.
	Haw gao	Xiajiao (蝦餃)	Har gow	Typically contains prawn
Meat-based	Boulette la vianne			Hakka-style beef ball
	Kiow	Jiaozi	Jiaozi
		Jiucai jirou jiao (韭菜雞肉餃)	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	Xiaolong bao (小笼包)	Xiaolong bao	A small baozi, served in dimsum
	Braised chicken feet	紅燒鳳爪
Mixed vegetables and meat	Nioukyen (肉丸/ 肉圓) / Boulette chou chou			It is made of chayote; it is mixed with meat (pork or chicken). It is a traditional Hakka dish which has been localized in Mauritius and was passed from generation to generation in Mauritius.
	Saw maï/ Siu mai (烧买)	Shaomai (烧卖)	Shumai	Typically contains prawn, pork or chicken. There is also the vegetarian option
	Steamed stuff chilli (釀辣椒)			Stuffed green chilli, typically filled with pork
	Steamed stuffed egg plant (釀茄子)			Steamed stuffed eggplant Filling; typically filled with fish
	Yong Foo Gah	Niang gu gua (酿苦瓜)	Stuffed bitter gourd	A Hakka-style dish; bitter gourd stuffed with shrimp and fish paste.
Rice-based	Tangyuan	Tangyuan (汤圆)	Tangyuan	A glutinous rice ball.
	Sticky Rice with Lotus Leaf	荷葉糯米飯
	Zong	Zongzi	Zongzi	There are two types of zongzi: sweet (Hakka-style) and salty (Cantonese-style). The sweet version is eaten with peanut powder; the leaf used to wrap the rice is fatak (Panicum maximum) leaf.
Tofu-based	Teofu	Chun doufu (純豆腐)	Tofu	Extra soft tofu; they are found in small bits.
	Teokon (豆干)		Silken tofu	Firm to extra firm tofu; they are cube shape
	Teokon farci/ Nyong teokon	Niangtoufu (酿豆腐)	Yong tau foo	Stuffed tofu. An extra firm tofu filled with ground meat (e.g. pork) mixture or fish paste.

Buns and bread

Type of Buns/Breads	Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Image
Steam bun	Bao/ Pao	Baozi/ Bao	Baozi	(Salty) bao: Generic version of the salty-version of bao; a steam bun filled chicken, Chinese sausage, black mushroom, and soy egg (dizef roti) It can also have pork as alternative for chicken.
		Dousha bao (豆沙包)		(Sweet) bao: Typically contains red bean paste
	Bao char siu	Chasiu bao (叉燒包)	Cha siu bao	Steamed buns usually filled with BBQ pork (i.e. Char siu). A variant of salty bao.
	Gua bao		Guabao

Side dishes

Type of Cooking Method	Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Picture
Braised/ Roasted	Cha siu/ Char siew/ Cha shao	chāshāo (叉烧)	Char siu	Cantonese style of barbecued pork
	Crispy chicken	脆皮雞		Crispy Cantonese-style roast chicken
	Foong moon choo niouk	Hongmen zhurou (红焖猪肉)	Red braised pork	Hakka-style red braised pork; pork belly or brisket cooked with sweet rice wine and rice rice (kiouk)
	Moy Choy Niouk	Meicai gourou (梅菜扣肉)		Hakka-stye fatty pork slices (typically pork belly) with (dried) mustard greens
			Jiaoling (蕉岭)-style Meicai gourou	Hakka-style fatty pork slices with (dried) mustard greens; the pork slices are hidden under the dried mustard green in this version.
	Peking duck	北京烤鴨	Peking duck
	Roast duck	Shaoya (烧鸭)
	Siuyuk/ Siuyok/ Shao zhu	Shao rou (燒肉)	Siu yuk	Crispy pork belly
Curing	Saucisse sinwa/ Lap cheong	Lachang (腊肠)	Chinese sausage	Southern Chinese sausage
Deep fried	Shrimp Fooyang	蝦芙蓉蛋
Salt-crust	Yam kuk gai	yán jú jī (鹽焗雞/盐焗鸡)		Salt-baked chicken
Steamed	Pak cham gai (白切鸡)	Baiqieji (白切鸡)	White cut chicken	Steamed chicken
	Steamed fish	Zhengyu (蒸鱼)		A steamed fresh whole fish
	Steamed fish with ginger and green onion	Qing zhengyu (清蒸魚)		A steamed fresh whole fish with fresh ginger and green onion
Stir frying	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.
	Chop suey		Chicken Chop suey
	Zhai	Luohan cai (罗汉菜)	Buddha's delight
Sweet and Sour (called Aigre-doux)	Sweet and sour fish ( 糖醋魚)		Sweet and sour fish	A sweet-and-sour dish made wth fish filet, vegetables, and pineapple.
	Sweet and sour lobster		Sweet and sour lobster
	Sweet and sour squid		Sweet and sour squid
Preserved food	Dizef cent ans	Pidan (皮蛋)	Century eggs	Century eggs are eaten with pickle ginger
			Pickle ginger

Preserved Vegetables

Soups and broths

Type of Soup	Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Images
Beans	Azuki bean soup	Hongdou tang (红豆)	Adzuki bean soup	A sweet adzuki bean soup
	Mung bean soup	Ludou tang (綠豆湯)	Mung bean soup	A sweet soup made of mung bean
Fungus	Snow fungus soup	Yin Er Tang (银耳汤)	Snow fungus soup	A savoury soup containing snow fungus as primary ingredient
Noodles/ Mines	Bouillon meefoon	米粉湯	Meefoon soup	Rice vermicelli noodle soup.
	Wonton noodle soup	雲吞湯麵
Meat/ Poultry	Hot and sour soup	Suanla tang (酸辣汤)	Hot and sour soup	Hot and sour soup containing chicken
	Moon kiow			Deep-fried dumpling soup
	Sui Kiow	Shuijiao (水饺)
	Wonton soup	雲吞湯	Wonton soup	Wonton in broth
	Swallow nest soup
Rice	La soup diriz / Jook	Zhou (粥)	Rice congee	Plain rice soup
Seafood	Bouillon boulette poisson		Fishball soup	Fishball cooked in a broth.
	Shark's fin soup		Shark fin soup
Vegetable-based (may contain meat or poultry)	Bouillon donghua		Winter melon soup
	La soup maïs	鸡蛋玉米羹	Chicken and sweetcorn soup/ Corn soup with chicken

Pastries, desserts, snacks and appetizers

Appetizers

Savoury snacks

Pastries, desserts, and sweet snacks

Name given in Mauritius		Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Images
Almond biscuit			Chinese almond biscuit
Gai dan gow		Jidan gao (鸡蛋糕)		A steam egg sponge cake
Gato cravate sucre
Gato la cire	Niangao	Niangao	Niangao
	Tiam pan	tianban (甜粄)			A Hakka-style glutinous rice cake brown in colour
Gato la lune	Chu chong kau/ Chu chong kow	豬腸糕		A Hakka-style mooncake which looks like a white finger. It looks similar to the Chinese Banana roll (香蕉糕) in appearance.
	Kwi Fa kow
	Ngin piang	Wu ren bing (五仁饼)	five nut moon cake	A mooncake with 5 ingredients
	Niat Kwong kow (lit. "Moon light cake")	Yueguangbing (Chinese: 月光饼; lit. 'moonlight cake')		Hakka-style mooncake is white and flat, looking like a disc. The cake can be adorned with design carvings in the shape of animals and flowers. It is made of rice powder.
	Niat piang	Yuebing (月饼)	Mooncake	Cantonese-style moon cake; it can be filled: Double egg-yolk Lotus paste Lotus paste with egg-yolk Red bean paste Peanuts
	Nion Chee Kow/ Gato capsule			Gato capsule is the given name when it used to be molded in bottle cap of glass bottles of Coca-cola bottle in the past.
	Voo ma Kow	Wu ma gao		A cake with black sesame paste in the middle, covered with white sesame grains
	zhixingao (直心糕)	Bai qie gao (白切糕)		A sliced white moon cake, filled with a thick layer sweet paste contained grains of black sesame
Gato macaroni		Shaqima (沙琪玛)	Sachima
Gato pandan		Banlan dangao (班蘭蛋糕)	Pandan cake
Gato Zinzli	Jien-yan-e (煎丸欸)	Jiandui	Sesame ball	A deep fried until it is slightly chewy and crispy outside before being coated with sesame seeds; it is made of sweet potato, glutinous rice and sometimes with red bean paste.
		Kai kou xiao (笑口棗)	Smiling sesame balls	A deep fried sesame ball which split as if it is laughing
Mi gau ban		Weijiaoban (味酵粄)		A Hakka-style sweet and savoury steamed rice cake
Pak Tong Pan				Water bath glutinous rice cake
Poutou rouge/ Poutou chinois/	Pot pan (發粄/发粄)	Fa gao (发糕)	Fa gao	Fa gao in Mauritius is typically pink in colour, and it is eaten on Chinese New Year. However, it is actually sold and eaten all year long.
Sagoo au lait de coco		西米露	Sai mai lo	A desert containing sago and coconut milk
Steamed rice cake		蒸糯米糕		Steamed glutinous rice cake
Teosa/ Towsa	Teosa piang			Flaky pastries filled with sweet lentils paste
		Qingmingban (清明粄)		A Hakka-style sweet snack which looks like a green, flat disc.
		yìnhuābǎn (印花粄)		A Hakka-style sweet snacks, it is white in colour. It is round and looks like has an embossed print on the top surface.

Traditional Chinese sweets

Type of Sweets	Name given in Mauritius (if applicable)	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Images
Candy		花生芝麻糖	Sesame seed candy	A brittle nougat-like bar containing sesame seeds
		花生糖	Peanut candy	A brittle nougat-like bar containing peanut
	Gato la lune- Fan Teow Tang	花生芝麻糖	Peanut and sesame seed candy	A type of brittle nougat-like containing peanuts and sesame seeds
Preserved plum	Chin pui mui		Chan Pui Mui Preserved Plum	Sweet preserved plum of Chan Pui Mui brand. They are imported products
		白话梅	Li hing mui	Salted dried Plum. They are imported products.
Hawthorn	Losti		Haw flakes	Traditional Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn. They are imported products.

Beverages

Sauce and condiments

Name given in Mauritius	Mandarin Chinese name equivalent	English name	Description	Image
Black bean sauce	Suanrong douchijiang (蒜蓉豆豉酱)	Black bean sauce
Cha siu sauce	Chashao jiang (叉烧酱)	Char siu sauce
Green chilli paste			Spicy dipping sauce
Hoisin sauce	Haixianjiang (海鲜酱)	Hoisin sauce
La sauce l'ail			Dipping sauce, usually eaten with fried food
Oyster sauce	Haoyou (蚝油)	Oyster sauce
Plum sauce	Sumei jiang (苏梅酱)	Plum sauce
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