The 20 most famous dishes of Sudan
Sudanese cooking unites the Nile and the desert, Africa and the Arab world; it is built on sorghum, fava beans, okra and peanut (dakwa), and known for its generosity and simplicity.
1Sudanese Ful
Mashed fava beans with sesame oil, white cheese, tomato and chili, sometimes with torn bread ("bosh") —…
2Kisra
Very thin sheets of fermented sorghum batter cooked on a griddle and eaten with mullah stews — Sudan's daily…
3Sudanese Aseeda
A thick dome of sorghum or millet dough eaten with tagalia or rob stew.
4Mullah Bamia
A stew of ground dried okra with meat, onion and tomato, eaten with kisra or aseeda.
5Mullah Tagalia
A stew of ground dried meat (sharmout) with onion, tomato and weika — aseeda's partner on special occasions.
6Gurasa
A thick wheat bread cooked on a griddle, served with stews or with ghee and sugar or dates.
7Salata Dakwa
Tomato, cucumber and onion salad in a peanut-butter (dakwa), lemon and chili dressing.
8Shaiyah
Lamb pieces fried or grilled with onion and peppers, served with peanut salad and chili.
9Kawari
Cow or lamb trotter soup simmered for hours with garlic and lemon, served with bread.
10Agashe
Meat skewers coated in ground peanut and spice mix and grilled over charcoal — a West African legacy in Sudan.
11Umfitit
A traditional dish of finely chopped raw lamb liver, lung and tripe with peanut butter, onion and chili.
12Mullah Rob
A stew of yoghurt (rob) with peanut butter and onion, eaten with aseeda.
13Sudanese Tamia
Chickpea or fava falafel with coriander, garlic and chili, served in a sandwich with peanut salad.
14Mukhbaza
Torn bread mashed with banana, ghee and honey — a dish of eastern Sudan in Kassala and Port Sudan.
15Hilu-Mur
A Ramadan drink made from spiced, sprouted-sorghum flakes, soaked and strained — both sweet and bitter.
16Sudanese Zalabia
Fried dough balls dusted with icing sugar — Eid morning breakfast in Sudan.
17Nile Fried Fish
Nile tilapia seasoned with cumin and chili and fried, served with peanut salad and bread.
18Sudanese Kammounia
A stew of tripe and liver with onion, cumin and tomato, served with kisra.
19Balila
Boiled pulses or grains (cowpeas, sorghum or chickpeas) dressed with salt and oil — served at Ramadan and…
20Karkade (Hibiscus Drink)
A ruby drink of hibiscus flowers served cold or hot — Sudan is one of the world's largest producers.