Merħaba! Week 9 brings us to Sudan in northern Africa.
I was a bit conflicted about making food from a country which is undergoing a really devastating famine at the moment but it also didn’t feel right to exclude them based on that. If you have the means, I would ask you to consider donating meals to Sudan via the various charities available. The UN World Food Programme for one, is an organization actively combating this situation.
This post, however, is supposed to shine some light on the beautiful food culture Sudan has to offer, with recipes that have been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. So let’s get on with it.
Figuring it out:
I know, it’s almost a trope by now but – there’s a recipe site called Sudanese Kitchen, that offered all the source material I needed for this. So instead of going on and on about having to look – I really looked up a few web pages dedicated to understanding Sudanese cuisine and then sourced recipes right from this site.
This Week’s Menu: (2025/05/25)
Recipes:
Mullah Amar – Tomato Beef Stew
This stew reminded me a little bit of a bolognese tomato sauce, however without the pasta. Eaten with the following dish, Kissra, it was quite tasty.
Kissra – Sorghum flour flatbread
Now Kissra was the most new thing to me. It’s flatbread made with Sorghum flour and left to ferment overnight. This I don’t know how well I managed to do. It was a bit sour and quite hard to keep whole, which is why most of my flatbreads sadly fell apart. An interesting flavor profile and an experience I will have to re-visit for sure.
Jambari Mahamar – Fried Shrimp
Fried shrimp slap – what can I say. These were easy to make and very rewarding.
Karkadey – Hibiscus Iced Tea
Hibiscus drinks seem to be popular in many places of the world. This is already the second time I’m making it, and there’s likely more coming. I find it interesting, how many countries have adopted the hibiscus flower as an ingredient.
Ka’ak – little sugary cardamom cookies
Now – these little cookies are quite dry and the cardamom flavor is pretty powerful but they are really nice for a quick snack – especially with some coffee or tea.
Sudan gets a 4/5 ⭐️ in my book. It was good, the Kissra was however quite difficult to figure out. I am really getting into this project and I’m somehow managing to not have my spice cabinet completely overflow. I see this as a big accomplishment!
See you next time!
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