Easy Somali Recipes
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Shish Taouk www.xawaash.com Tender, juicy shish taouk is amazingly delicious while dry chicken breast can make you choke. Dry chicken is one of the things that make us never go back to an eatery that serves it. However, it can be [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Penne alla Primavera www.xawaash.com Primavera means spring in Italian and while it is not spring now, the fall colours have inspired us to put together this delightful pasta dish. This is one vegetarian meal that will make you forget about meat, [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Egg-Stuffed Potatoes www.xawaash.com Somalis know this dish as Nafaqo which means ‘nutrition’. It is commonly served as a snack and sometimes for breakfast. In some parts of Somalia, ground beef is used in place of the potatoes, similar to Scotch eggs. [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Choux Pastry www.xawaash.com We owe this recipe to Jacques Pepin, one of our all-time favourite chefs. We were enamored by his “Swimming swans in raspberry sauce with a caramel cage”. Who wouldn’t be? Our first attempt at making choux pastry was [Click for Full Recipe]
English Français Recently, we added the new Conversions page to Xawaash containing calculator tools to assist in the preparation of ingredient quantities for recipes (Please see CONVERSIONS (BEDDELAAD) CONVERTISSEUR تحويل in the menu above). We found that there may be significant differences between the “standard” [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Linzer Cookies www.xawaash.com We never had these cookies back in Somalia but, in recent years, we included them in our to-bake list for the holidays. Not only are they very beautiful but they are also a delight to munch on. The [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Quick Garlic Sauces www.xawaash.com The moment we first tasted this garlic sauce, we knew we had to make it at home. Every time we go to a restaurant that serves it, we usually buy a few extra containers of the sauce [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Fried Chicken www.xawaash.com For quite some time now, we wanted to post a recipe for fried chicken. It was always in the back of our mind. Then came Lee Daniel’s The Butler. We went to watch the movie as soon as [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Hummus www.xawaash.com Have you ever tried using extra virgin olive oil to make mayonnaise in a food processor or blender? If you did, you will have learned that the result is a bitter-tasting mayonnaise. Extra virgin olive oil turns bitter when [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Laddu www.xawaash.com Laddu is but one of the delicacies that was brought by Indian immigrants who settled in Brava, Somalia. They brought their typical dishes which were adapted based on locally available ingredients. In Brava, laddu was prepared with different combinations [Click for Full Recipe]