Rougaille

About This Recipe

Rougaille is the cornerstone of Mauritian Creole cooking — a deeply aromatic tomato-based sauce that can be made vegetarian or enriched with sausage, fish, or prawns. The sauce relies on slowly cooked onions, crushed garlic, ginger, and thyme for its characteristic warmth, served over white rice for everyday meals.

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 4 largeripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 200 gsmoked sausage, sliced
• 1 mediumonion, chopped
• 3 clovesgarlic, crushed
• 1 tspfresh ginger, grated
• 4 sprigsfresh thyme

Instructions

1. 1

   Sauté aromatics

   Fry onion in oil over medium heat until soft. Add garlic and ginger, cook 1 minute.

2. 2

   Add sausage

   Add sausage slices and brown lightly for 3–4 minutes.

3. 3

   Simmer sauce

   Add tomatoes and thyme. Season with salt and chilli. Simmer 15 minutes until sauce thickens.

4. 4

   Serve

   Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve over steamed white rice.

Variations

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  Replace sausage with prawns for a seafood rougaille.

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  Make it fully vegetarian with chickpeas instead of meat.

Storage

Keeps in the fridge up to 4 days; flavour improves overnight.

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