Refreshing tomato and cucumber salad, vegetables are cut into same size then mixed with olive oil, lemon and vinegar,could be a great site dish, next to rice dishes and grilled meat dishes. 1 cumber, finely chopped 2 tomatoes, finely chopped 1 sm ...
Sorghum & Corn flour Hot Cereal
Hot Cereals are very popular in East Africa and it is a traditional part of the Somali cuisine, in this recipe I have made it with corn flour and sorghum flour, if you like you could just use corn flour. Sorghum flour adds full of nutritional benefi ...
Fruit Salad
Very simple and quick fruit salad made with four fruits, banana, papaya, mango and blueberries you can always use fruits that are in season. 1 banana, sliced 1 papaya, diced 1 mango, diced 1/2 cup blueberries 1 table spoons ...
Mango Juice
A sweet mango yogurt drink, made with fresh mango chunks milk and yogurt. Serves: 4 Ingredients: 2 cups ripe mango 1 cup milk 1 cup plain yogurt sugar/honey to taste Directions: In a blender, combine the mango, milk, sugar, and yogurt.Blend until ...
Somali Style Rice : Surbiyaan
Surbiyaan is a popular Somali rice dish and it is every ones favorite. In this recipe I have used chicken paired with basmati rice, which is a must for this recipe. The rice is soaked, and boiled with water half way. Then the rice finished cooking with th ...
Sorghum Cereal : Garow
Sorghum (garow) is an important stable food of the Somali cuisine. Sorghum has a wonderful nutty taste and highly nutritious, full of protein, contains high amounts of fiber and vitamins. It is often used in Somali flat breads such as lahooh in a flo ...
Rice Pudding
Delicious creamy rice pudding, basmati rice makes a lovely texture for this recipe and flavors of cinnamon, vanilla and cardamom. Ingredient: ½ cup basmati rice 3 cups milk 1 tablespoon butter ½ teaspoon vanilla 5 cardamom, crushed 1 cinn ...
Bariis Fahfah, Rice Pilaf
Bariis faha fah, in another words Somali style rice cooked with broth. This rice is so rich in flavor, it stars with the spices that give the rice a pleasant aroma that fill the whole room and then combined with home made stock which gives a rich taste. I ...
Bread pudding
I enjoy making bread pudding a lot, in this recipe I have used white bread but you can use any bread of your choice, the custard powder gives a thicker texture which I like, sometimes I change the spices, I have used cinnamon in this recipe, you could try ...