Rougaille

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Rougaille is a spiced tomato sauce that moves across the Francophone Indian Ocean—from Mauritius to Réunion to Seychelles—carrying French, Asian, and East African flavors in every spoonful. Garlic, ginger, chilli, and thyme build an aromatic backbone around tomato and onion, creating a sauce that's equally at home spooned over fish, draped across eggs, or offered as a table condiment. It's the kind of sauce that testifies to centuries of cultural crossing, now woven into street food, home cooking, and everyday meals.

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Rougaille, also written as rougail (and sometimes rougay), is a spiced tomato sauce common in the cuisines of Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, and other parts of the Francophone Indian Ocean and West Indies. It is a Creole dish, combining ingredients and characteristics from French, Asian and East African food cultures. The flavour is characterised by the aromatics used, which typically include garlic, ginger, chilli peppers, thyme and other herbs, as well as the base ingredients of tomato and onion. Rougaille can be served with a variety of ingredients, including fish, prawns or other seafood, meat, chicken, eggs, sausage, tofu or vegetables. It is used in main dishes, snacks and street foods, and as a dipping or table sauce.

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