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 Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: FOOD & DINING IN SUDAN / SUDAN DINING GUIDE |
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FOOD & DINING IN SUDAN
GENERAL
The hotel restaurants in Khartoum and Port Sudan serve international cuisine and there are a few Greek and Middle Eastern restaurants. If invited to a Sudanese home, more exotic food will usually be served. Alcohol is banned by the Islamic Sharia code.
Sudanese cooking is extremely simple, with little or no use of spices. Seasoning is generally confined to salt and pepper and lemon juice. Meals are eaten from a communal bowl, using the fingers of the right hand in accord with religious practice.
Popular dishes
Meat and poultry: Chicken is usually stewed and served in a broth, while lamb can be skewered as a kebab, or cooked on a bed of coals and served with salad. This dish can also be made with beef and is known as shayya.
For those whose taste runs to offal, there is kammonia, a dish made from the stomach of a sheep, stewed and served with onions and tomatoes. Liver and kidney dishes are also popular: kibda is skewered or stewed liver, and kalawi is chopped kidney, often served with bread and a squeeze of lemon juice.
Fish: The most popular fish seems to be Nile perch, which is available in the towns of Khartoum and Omdurman. It is fried in batter and served with red peppers.
Bread: There are two main kinds of bread to be had. Kisra is a thin, unleavened bread made from maize flour, and gurrasa is its thicker counterpart, often used as a base for meat and vegetable stews.
Vegetables: Most vegetable dishes are served with a piece of meat in a thin broth, with a dash of oil. Beans are popular and are served in a variety of ways. Fool is a dish of stewed beans, often mashed and served with salad. Fasooliyya is another bean dish, made from slightly smaller beans. Boiled potatoes are known as batatas and are usually served with a thin, meat gravy. Very popular are yellow lentils, known as adaas, and bamya is okra, or ladies' fingers, often used as an ingredient in soups or stews. A dish called mahshi consists of tomatoes or aubergines stuffed with minced lamb or rice. Salata, as the name suggests, is a salad, usually made of tomatoes, lettuce, onions and green peppers, and dressed with lime juice.
Desserts: The favourite dessert is probably zabadi, which is yogurt served with a thick syrup. Hoshab is a cold sweet made from a mixture of chopped bananas, figs and raisins.
Tipping: Not customary.
PLACES TO DINE
Cafekange
Malik Abdul Aziz & Street 11,
Middle Road,
New Extension
Khartoum
Phone: (+249) 18 346-5694/ (+249) 18 348-0104
Fax: (+249) 18 348-0106.
Little India
Block 47,
Khartoum
Phone: (+249) 18 346-6149
Riviera Restaurant and Park
Along River Nile,
Omdurman
Phone: (+249) 18 756-2745 |
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