Djibouti
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Skoudehkaris
Djibouti's spiced rice: skoudehkaris — a pilaf of rice cooked in a tomato-meat sauce with cardamom, cinnamon and cumin, crowned with the meat — the port city's celebration plate. Ingredients: rice, lamb or beef, tomatoes…
Fah-Fah
The soup of the Afar and Somali tables: fah-fah — a goat or beef broth with vegetables and chiles, drunk with canjeero pancakes and a banana on the side, Djibouti-style. Ingredients: goat meat, potatoes, carrots, onions,…
Cambabur
The Eid bread: cambabur — a soft, fenugreek and nigella-spiced pancake-bread drizzled with ghee and sugar or honey, made for Eid mornings in Djibouti and the Somali world. Ingredients: flour, eggs, milk, fenugreek, nigel…
Grilled Fish (Djibouti)
The Red Sea grill: whole fish and prawns grilled with a Yemeni-style spice rub at Djibouti's port restaurants, served with rice and spicy tomato salsa. Ingredients: fish (snapper, grouper), prawns, garlic, cumin, coriand…
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