African Cultural Cooking Fun Continues: Somali Food

Yummy meals from our Somali chef! Here are this weeks' shopping lists:

November 19

• ¼ cup vegetable oil (60 mL)

• 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced

• 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

• 1 cinnamon stick

• salt, to taste

• 1 vegetable stock cube

• ¼ cup fresh cilantro (10 g), chopped

• 1 tablespoon xawaash, xawaash

• 2 cups basmati rice (400 g), soaked for at least 1 hour and drained

• 2 ½ cups hot water (600 mL)

November 26

• 1 medium Red onion diced

• 1/2 Green Bell Pepper diced

• 2 cloves garlic minced

• 1/4 cup olive oil

• 1 lb. beef cut into small cubes

• 1 14 oz (0.53 kg) can Diced Tomatoes

• 1 Tablespoon Tomato Paste

• 1 Tablespoon Xawaash or to taste

• 1 teaspoon Black pepper

• 1 Tablespoon Cilantro, fresh chopped

• 1 lime (juice of)

• 1 Banana per person

• 1 lb. spaghetti cooked al dente