Recipes

Here you will find a small selection of the recipes given to me by members of the community. Most were given to me verbally, with very little instruction. I have tested them, and slightly adjusted some to make them easier to create.

Each person who related a recipe to me gave me their version of that recipe, and it will always slightly differ to other versions. These recipes were created over time, and with love, their differences reflecting the people they were cooked for.

I hope you will also be able to use them in this way, as guide to help you find the flavours that you, and those you are cooking, for like to eat.

If there are any recipes not included here that you would like to see, please get in touch.

Savoury

Baharat

Mixed Spices

Preserved Lemons

Speedy Preserved Lemons

Bamia (Okra)

Okra Stew

Kishri

Rice and Lentils, served with Yogurt

Dakwa

A traditionally Sudanese peanut satay

Kobeba bil Bungar

Dumplings stuffed with meat, cooked in a tangy Beetroot Soup

Kaak Bil Milch

Savoury Baked Bite

Qwaissat

Spiced, Kosher Scotch Eggs

Warak Enab

Stuffed Vine Leaves

Molokhia

Soup made with blended Molokhia (Corchorus Olitorius) Leaves

Spiced Minced Meat and Bulgur Wheat Pie

Sweet

Baklava

Baklava with Almond Filling

Shorek

Slightly Sweet, Fluffy Buns

Sesame Snaps

Crisp Sesame Snaps

Pantispania

A Very Light and Airy Sponge Cake

Basbusa

Semolina and Coconut Cake

Kaak bil Agwa

Date Rolls

Zalabia

Fried Funnel Cakes with Syrup

V-Friendly

The following recipes can be easily adapted into vegetarian or vegan versions, for example by swapping meat stock for vegetable stock, butter for a plant-based spread, or minced meat for a plant-based alternative.