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Koba

Name: Koba
Cuisine: Madagascar

Traditional dish from Madagascar

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About Koba

confectionery sweet

Koba is a sweet made from ground peanuts, brown sugar and rice flour. It is a traditional food of Madagascar, especially in the highlands. In marketplaces and gas stations one may find vendors selling koba akondro, a sweet made by wrapping a batter of ground peanuts, mashed bananas, honey and corn flour in banana leaves and steaming or boiling the small cakes until the batter has set.