Koba (sweet)

Koba is a sweet made from ground peanuts, brown sugar and rice flour.

It is a traditional food of Madagascar (where it is also known as koba ravina or kobandravina), 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.

[1] Part of the Malagasy cuisine of Madagascar, koba akondro ([kubaˈkundʐʷ]) is sold in marketplaces and gas stations by vendors.

It is 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.

Kobandravina being sliced in Madagascar