English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Fatayer are the perfect, crowd-thrilling party food. They are easy-to-pick-up finger foods that are filled with meat, or cheese, or spinach. Unlike Turkish pide, which is supposed to be crunchy, fatayer are soft, fluffy and tender. Fatayer take different shapes based on the type of filling. The convention is to make… Continue reading Fatayer Dough (Cajiin Fataa’ir) Pâte à Fatayer عجينة فطائر
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Zurbian (Surbiyaan) زربيان
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Zurbian or zurbiyan is a type of Biryani that is popular in Yemen, other parts of the Arabian Peninsula as well as parts of Somalia. We believe the Arabic name زربيان (zurbiyan) was derived from رز برياني (ruz biryani) where the first two letters were reversed. Zurbian which is a variant… Continue reading Zurbian (Surbiyaan) زربيان
Meat Pide (Biitsa Turki Hilib Leh) Pide à la Viande بيتزا اللحم التركية
English Af-Soomaali Français عربي Meat Pide www.xawaash.com Our trip to Istanbul was everything our Spain trip was not. Months before our trip to Spain, we planned in detail, everything we were going to do: the places we were going to visit, the foods we wanted to try, the shows we wanted to watch, etc. We… Continue reading Meat Pide (Biitsa Turki Hilib Leh) Pide à la Viande بيتزا اللحم التركية
Roasted Lamb (Hilib Ari la-foorneeyey) Agneau Rôti au Four
When my mother’s maternal grandfather moved to Mogadishu, he stayed at his daughter’s house. All his life he was a pastoralist but as he became old and feeble, he decided to settle down. City life was new to him and he had to learn a few things the hard way. One of the problems he… Continue reading Roasted Lamb (Hilib Ari la-foorneeyey) Agneau Rôti au Four