Sabaayad is a Somali flat bread made with flour and then it is cooked on a hot griddle. It can be rolled with butter and sugar or honey and it is good with cup of tea or with stews and sauces. It makes a great snack too. Made with very basic ingredients f ...
Adriyad : Sweet Vermicelli
This is a sweet vermicelli dish, it is fried with oil to get a nice brown color, spices are added to give a nice fragrant aroma. This could a side dish as a dessert or it could be eaten with rice. Ingredients: 200g/7 oz fine vermicelli, broken ...
Curried Cauliflower
This appetizing curry cauliflower recipe is healthy and delicious and it is another way of eating your cauliflower, you can eat it with rice or with some bread. Ingredients: 1 head of cauliflower chopped 1 teaspoons curry powder 1 teaspoon cori ...
Iskudheh Karis: Chicken Pilaf
This Somali rice dish is a popular dish known as iskudheh karis, it is a one pot cooking with rice and meat or chicken. In this recipe I used chicken instead. It has a wonderful fragrant aroma of the spices used, such as cloves, cardamom and cinnamon. ...
Spaghetti and ground beef sauce
Spaghetti and ground beef sauce, simple and easy meal to prepare and it is very popular and it has been every family's favorite, most people eat it at least once a week if not more. Ingredients: 1 lb cooked spaghetti or angel hair pasta I lb lea ...
Cabbage
This recipe is an easy and quick way of preparing cabbage this could be a nice side dish, next to rice and it is healthy and good way of eating your vegetables too. Ingredients: 1 small head cabbage, sliced 1 medium onion, chopped 2 carrots gra ...
Chicken and chickpea soup
This is a chicken and chickpeas soup it is very comforting soup and it is healthy and most of all it is deliciously. You can serve with bread. Ingredients: 2 table spoon oil 2 cloves of garlic 1 table spoon ginger 1 medium onion 1 pound chi ...
Quraa: fried dough soaked in syrup
Every one has their own version of fried dough, quraa is made of a yeast dough and then soaked with syrup. It is delicious anytime of the day. You can serve it at tea time or during Ramadan. for a sweet treat. Ingredients: 2 ½ cups of flour 1 ...
Potato Cakes
These potato cakes make good side dish or as an appetizer, these are delicious and sweet first the potatoes are cooked mashed then mixed with other veggies and spices then they are breaded and fried on a skillet. Ingredients: 4 medium potatoes 1 ...
Shaah Adays: Somali spiced tea with milk
Somali tea is usually prepared with spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, black pepper etc. there is nothing better than drinking fragrant tea with milk. It is easy to prepare and the taste is amazing. Ingredients: 5 cloves 2 cinnamo ...
Lahooh Somali Flat Bread
Lahooh (laxoox) is a Somali flat bread, spongy like a pancake but with a lot of holes on the top, cooked only one side, it is best enjoyed warm right off the griddle with butter and sugar or honey then soaked with a cup of tea, or it is eaten ...