What is "matapa"

Matapa is a typical Mozambican dish, prepared with young cassava leaves piled with garlic and flour extracted from the tubers, cooked with crab or shrimp. Many "Matapa" dishes add cashew nuts and can be eaten with bread, rice or alone.

Matapa was once the name of a southern African empire.

Matapa is a genus of skippers in the Hesperiidae family.The species range from range from India to Sulawesi.