hi everyone and welcome to top 10 street foods of mauritius that's right i think you better just
push pause right now and go make yourself some snacks you're genuinely gonna need them we'll
wait anyway we'll wait anyway everyone let's start with number ten halim ah hearty cracked
wheat soup oh this is halim it smells amazing what type of halim has it got meat in yes mutton
the smell coming off that is beautiful so she put the ingredients in first which is the the salad
and the meat and then the lime goes on top wow here we are and you get a little bit of vinegar
and you can choose chili this is vinegar with lemon it goes beautifully with halim you can
come and sit here and there's the vinegar and the chili and some salt if you need
yeah but we've decided we're gonna sit on the street because it's street food
gorgeous look at what's at the bottom yeah some chopped up ones
there's vegetables in that so it's very healthy oh wow look at that that is hearty goodness
before halim one of my favourite winter dishes now you can get it in summer
it's great it's a meal and it's i can't imagine getting bread on
the side but you can get bread on the side it's actually quite nice
number nine is boulette this is her boulette this is these there's the fish
i was so busy telling you what i want but i forgot to record it and of course the greenery
on top and we get it in the reusable bowl a bit of pepper bit of pepper and the vinegar of course
so a little bit of chili because Riki's getting braver yes i'm trying i'm trying okay so
mauritian boulette is basically dumplings that have been steamed and you get different types but these
are our favorites and it all comes in a in a soup yes broth with some coriander leaf oh that's nice
just smells so delicious and fresh it really does oh it's lovely the lamb always brings
the ginger which is so yummy look at that the pieces of vegetable and stuff in this like um
tapioca tapioca flour then being steamed really nice the the garlicky notes and it's kind of spicy
and broth with dumplings and you get all of that that wonderful meal for 60 rupees gonna be hard
wow are you going for so many drops normally the red is like it's got peppers and things in it as
well i can't add it that red chilli is actually quite nice so yeah always give the chili a try
never think it's just gonna be hot in at number eight the classic roti now the master is rolling
out you have to have round roti if you don't get round roti no one will marry you isn't that good
see she's not even cheating she's not even cutting them around afterwards like i would do
putting one in oh she does more than one at a time oh i remember trying that and just burning them
with oil
look how nice those are looking yeah and because i couldn't help but she was cooking them so fresh
i've decided to take myself a roti as well
there we are look at that really roti it's so hot and it juices are flowing out
came off the grill i think it might actually be too hot to eat
and she's so sweet she gave us two plain ones to take home you have to try it what she put inside
the regulars bean and okay rougaille between oh it looks nice it's hot you want to try it okay oh you
guys are back well we thought we'd have a quick break between here and now i want to eat this and
we saw those rotis anyway i suppose then next up is going to be number seven noodles mine bwi
many options of noodles many options on noodles number seven
so these are the noodles being cooked expertly wow fresh made fried noodles right here on the street
ricky putting some garlic on and look at the bottle it is full of garlic pieces
okay now this is such a nice concept that's why we had to come in
got to try some noodle got a bit of a different flavor to what you normally get in Mauritian noodles
really tasty a little bit spicy i love it and it's soupy it's the noodles noodles are really
great well we brought our own plate and our own chopsticks but this was bought on the street
chicken fried noodles you can eat them all in one bite
how beautiful is that sea view that is our location for noodle eating
number six fruits Bryan's spotted a cup of fruit place self service
chili awesome salt and chili a little bit on top there and then of course a
little bit of chili sauce oh i'll only put a little bit because if you might want some
this is actually one of my favorite things in mauritius a cup of fruit with chili on it on the
healthy beautiful snack and sometimes the chilli bites of it really is such a treat
oh man this is really good okay my arm's getting tired now that's so very very Mauritian
it has chili
look what's here star fruit oh whoops no there isn't one in my hand
well it's a sour oh wow oh that's why animals don't eat them they really matter
oh wow
oh wow oh star fruit is actually a fruit it's really yum
hey guys you guys have to try star fruit yeah you can just pick it up off the ground
number five the national dish dahl puri mauritius national dish dahl puri
separately yeah boil separately yeah stuff that in the middle rolls it up you can tell she's
been doing this a long time yeah okay wait and now we can okay so we pop them in there
okay and then so now that's got that ball of dahl in the middle of it
amazing and then she rolls it up wow just like that actually dahl puri actually made
this is something i haven't seen before you put like green onions those are beans
potatoes um kidney beans coriander chutney
oh wow bring the chutney and that gorgeous mix chili no chili one
look at that look at that proper double
double dahl puri yeah and it's still so popping hot
oh wow i kid you not it's the best street food i've ever eaten wow without a doubt if i look at
that you were not kidding me that is great it really is yeah i wasn't kidding not flowery and
stuff it's that original little ball is in there it's now got that that dahl layer that is what
dahl puri is supposed to be we've finally eaten a proper Mauritian dahl puri coming in at a number four
a classic biryani i'm going to put a little bit of ghee in the bottom of it i'm going to put it skin
side down it doesn't have potatoes then we got our rice the just soaked one and that is gonna go
on caramelized onion coriander and mint oh it smells so cinnamony clovey
fragrant it looks kind of pretty it's gorgeous too hot oh this looks lovely that i like now this
is starting to look i like this little secret layer more of the rice hiding up the smuggled
layer this is the top layer now gorgeous pour over this decidedly non-yellow yeah as soon as
the steam comes through it's just going to turn to liquid and drizzle down into that chickeny layers
oh look at that oh wowie the briyani has been wrapped up in angry bird sheets to keep it warm
wow look at that all perfect fluffy rice here's the rice going in
and they always give you loads of food when you order briyani
look at that i don't think it's gonna fit in there look at how gorgeous that potato looks
wow and then the chicken
famous biryani potato
creamy soft delicious
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but anyway let's get into the top three and i get to call it number three is grill grill only a
three here we go with the chicken turning it over and it is so smoky in there basting with butter
are you going to get something as gorgeous as that wow that is cooking so nicely
here we go it's got tons of chickens now everyone's getting hungry lunch time is
coming oh my word can you smell what the grill is cooking paint on the special basting sauce
this stuff is what makes it smell so delicious so he's preparing it so they can just drive
past there we are look at that a beautiful plate yummy yummy yummy oh wow wow if your mouth weren't
watering before well the proof is actually in the chicken that guy knows his sauce awesome taste
this is the real taste of Mauritius at number two bhaji oh wait you know we always love seeing people
make fresh things on the street aubergine eggplant eggplant brinjal dunk it in it goes
how many you do it one time i don't know he doesn't know he just puts them in until it's full
fireballs my grandfather my father and this is my son so it's fourth generation getting
crispy and beautiful and he's still going with the gato pima chana puri samoosas that we saw being
there we are a made bit of sauce on top just to add a bit of flavor
third generation and the son is going to be fourth generation these are technically our take-home
snacks but we're dying to try this something fromage it really does it's like a cheesy
sauce in the most flaky buttery pastry you've ever tasted okay everyone i'm getting a mervailles
now that looks good oh good really crunchy another it's like a crunchy bread type thing
gato pima when they're hot are simply adorable chana puri a couple of the little ones the bhaji
ones a little bit of chutney on the side no it's not so hot it's a tomato and coriander
got myself one of the little bhajis and they're really nice they're tiny little things
this is Riki's pani puri i don't know what's in it so i'm gonna
she's gonna try and oh it feels oh it's lighter oh it's a bread with a bit of yum yum in the middle
welcome back there's only one left to go and i bet no one's
gonna get it put in the comments if you know our number one pick it's number one farata
well we've actually ordered some faratas there she is rolling it out i've got to
be careful because this is really really hot
and on it goes oh wow and here comes the next one well they starting to puff up
oh wow there we go that's starting to look like the picture yeah it's getting made i
think this is the chicken one oh look at how much chicken there is on there this is fish vindaya
with chili oh yes beautiful oh i'm going to sweat today i'm going to sweat today
thank you so much so this is a actual cerf farata so that's a deer roti never seen one
before just a little bit on that yeah i like that perfect thank you so here we go with our
cerf roti unboxing farata yeah okay farata it's a little bit puffier so that you know the difference
see the the bread is thicker and the puffier i think but correct me if i'm wrong yeah you can see
the waves crashing nice see if we can focus up to the beach eating from the chilly side okay cool oh
man this is a good roti it really is well farata technically well everyone that was our top ten you
probably have your own anyway everyone thanks for watching and we'll see you again next time