Shidni
Shidni, also called shigni, is a Somali tomato, chilli and tamarind sauce. An everyday version is fried for about five minutes; a festive chutney with dates and mango cooks for about two hours under the name basbaas alla-bari.
Somalia
Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.
Somalia
Muqmad (oodkac)
Odka, also called muqmad, is Somali meat that is dried, cut small, fried and kept under fat. It is a dried-meat preserve whose keeping depends on the whole sequence.
Basbaas
Basbaas is the Somali word for chilli and the name of a family of hot sauces served at the table, so each diner can set the heat. Green, coconut and tomato-based versions are all called basbaas.
Sabaayad (Somali folded flatbread)
An unleavened Somali wheat flatbread made by oiling and folding soft dough into layers, then griddle-cooking it until browned.
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Suusac (Somali fermented camel milk)
Suusac is a traditional fermented camel-milk drink of Somali pastoral communities in Kenya and Somalia, soured spontaneously in smoke-treated vessels into a thin, acid, smoky milk.