Dholl Puri

You can’t visit Mauritius without knocking off a piping-hot dholl puri or two. The Indian-style flatbread, encased with chana dal and served with a filling of butter beans curry, rougaille, chilli sauce, and bred (steamed greens), comes closest to being the national dish of Mauritius. More than simply being a great street food, the wrap offered me food for thought— about the indentured labourers from India who brought this food to Mauritius when they came to work on the island’s sugarcane plantations in the late 1800s. Spicy-food lovers should say yes to the eye-wateringly hot chilli paste optionally served with the roll.