Easy Somali Recipes
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]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Ricotta Cheese www.xawaash.com It is possible to think of cheese and not think of Somalia. When it comes to cheese, we believe Somalia is the closest you can get to a country that is the direct opposite of France. Yes, we [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Cheese Kunafa www.xawaash.com A good kunafa is something special and not everyone does it justice. One of our favourite places to have this dessert is at Paramount Cafe in Mississauga, Ontario. The kunafa is a great ending for a Lebanese meal [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Baba Ghanoush www.xawaash.com Baba ghanoush without yogurt and tahini sauce? Well, the one with yogurt and tahini is not baba ghanoush but is known as mutabbal. Both are great appetizers and are part of mezze, a spread of appetizers served in [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Fail-proof Biryani www.xawaash.com There are different ways of preparing biryani. The following is one of the methods we use and it always yields great results. The beauty of this method is that it eliminates a lot of guesswork on the proper [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Somali Fried Biscuits www.xawaash.com Many confuse these biscuits with kac kac (Somali doughnuts). Buskud goos goos or buskud jar jar is the traditional Somali biscuit that is served during Eid. Kac kac spoil quickly because they contain eggs, but buskud goos [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي <h1 >Easy Halwa <p >www.xawaash.com This halwa recipe uses ingredients that are different from the ones used in the recipe for the previous halwa. Whenever we want to prepare halwa with maximum flavour and for immediate consumption, we use the [Click for Full Recipe]
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي <h1 >Pastry Cream <p >www.xawaash.com The delicious graffe (Italian donuts), from the previous post, require a special custard for the filling. Store-bought custard will not do. A good pastry cream begins with quality ingredients. For flavouring, we recommend using vanilla [Click for Full Recipe]