Editing Mauritius (section)

=== Cuisine ===
{{Further|Mauritian cuisine}}
[[File:Bol-renverse.jpg|thumb|Bol renversé]]
[[Mauritian cuisine]] is a combination of Indian, Creole, French and Chinese cuisines, with many dishes unique to the island. Local variants of Asian and European cusines include vegetarian and non vegetarian [[curries]], [[paratha]]s locally known as ''farata'', the potato rich [[biryani|briani]], wok prepared [[fried noodles|mines frires]] and [[fried rice|diriz frires]], a [[chop suey]] dish known as ''bol renversé'' (upside-down bowl), sausage and tomato based ''rougaille'' and [[Mughlai cuisine|Mughlai]]-origin [[falooda|alouda]], a cold beverage, amongst others. Locally made French pastry and bread are sold in most localities with locally unique desserts like "napolitaine", a local version of [[sablé (biscuit)|sablé]] coated with a pink icing, coconut based ''gâteau coco'' and ''macacha coco'' and iced [[kulfi]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvSjmNljMfQC | title=Le cari partagé: Anthropologie de l'alimentation à l'ile de la Réunion | isbn=978-2-84586-017-9 | last1=Cohen | first1=Patrice | date=January 2000 | publisher=KARTHALA Editions }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiedugout.fr/recettes/comme-un-bol-renverse_11761_4|title=Comme un bol renversé par Académie du Goût|website=L'Académie du Goût}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reunionsaveurs.com/cuisine-et-gastronomie-reunion/accompagnements/le-rougail-de-la-reunion-pilon-ou-marmite.php|title=rougail de la réunion: recette 974 des rougails pilon et marmite|date=1 December 2011|website=Réunion saveurs : Recette cuisine réunionnaise 974}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoilemaurice.com/alouda/|title=Alouda, la boisson de l'Ile Maurice par excellence |date=23 March 2019|website=République de Ile Maurice |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/alouda|title=Alouda |website=TasteAtlas}}</ref>

[[Spice mix|Masala]] spices, [[dal]]s, ''zassar'' from Indian-origin [[South Asian pickle|achar]] and leaf vegetables known as [[Leaf vegetable|brèdes]] are commonly consumed in all households. [[Street food]] sold by hawkers include popular wraps ''dholl puri'' and [[roti]], local versions of Indian [[pakoras]] like ''gâteau piment'' and [[chole bhature|chana puris]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Darlene|date=20 October 2016|title=Mauritius Dholl Puri (Yellow Split Pea Wrap)|url=https://www.internationalcuisine.com/mauritius-dholl-puri/|access-date=20 October 2016|publisher=International Cuisine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supertoinette.com/glossaire-cuisine/519/culinaire/achards.html|title=Achards - définition de "Achards"" - dictionnaire de cuisine|website=Supertoinette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jardinsdefrance.org/les-bredes-legumes-feuilles-des-pays-tropicaux/|title=Les brèdes: légumes feuilles des pays tropicaux}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDBuDwAAQBAJ&dq=Chapati+eastern+africa&pg=PA239 | title=Knowledge and the Indian Ocean: Intangible Networks of Western India and Beyond | isbn=978-3-319-96839-1 | last1=Keller | first1=Sara | date=11 September 2018 | publisher=Springer }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XCjAQAAQBAJ&dq=Chapati+eastern+africa&pg=PA124 | title=Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture | isbn=978-1-59884-955-4 | last1=Kraig | first1=Bruce | last2=Colleen Taylor Sen Ph | first2=D. | date=9 September 2013 | publisher=Abc-Clio }}</ref>
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