Ravitoto sy hena kisoa (Crushed cassava leaves and braised pork)

If Madagascar's cuisine were to be characterized by a single recipe, it would be
ravitoto sy hena kisoa. In fact, it is common to say that it is the national
dish, although the Merina royalty, the one from the centre of the country, used
to have lunch of a suite of seven tasty dishes called Tatao on special
occasions.

Tatao is composed of everything that is eaten: poultry, zebu, eel, tilapia, and
pork, thus, in the form of the present recipe. Its presentation is crude, but
its taste is divine. For my part, I buy canned crushed cassava leaves imported
from Madagascar, but locally, one buys the ravitoto freshly ground from the
pestle at the market.