The little baby in the picture looks like he never ate food a day in his life. I think he is in a hospital because of the red wrist band on his wrist.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Darfurian Food Recipes

                                                         Aseeda (porridge)
The Aseeda (porridge) is one of the most popular dishes in Sudan and Darfur, and there is almost no Sudanese (Darfurian) home that does not have this basic dish, especially on special occasions and holidays.  Aseeda is a kind of porridge and a full meal, nutritious in itself. It is made of water, salt and flour. The flour can be corn flour or wheat flour or other types of flour, such as sorghum flour.

All of these amounts are placed on the fire to form coherent mature and edible dough.

Aseeda itself is not enough ; What to eat with this porridge:

The Aseeda can be eaten with many Sudanese (Darfurian) traditional cooking's basically made from crushed okra grains, including (Frizzling and Nuaimiya and Wicca), and cooking's of fresh okra blended. Or ROB cooking which is mainly made from yogurt and flour.

The Aseeda (porridge ) is frequently used in the following events in Sudan and Darfur:

1- Month of Ramadan.
2- Events and religious holidays.
3- Meals in wedding celebrations which extend to 1 week.
4- Banquets and on Friday

How to make the Aseeda (porridge) : RECIPE
porridge dish: 3 kg
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Preparation time: 10 minutes

The Aseeda (Porridge) is originally made from millet flour dough (corn), it originated from the western part of Sudan (Darfur) and is eaten in any of three meals during the day.


Ingredients :

2 kg of millet flour
2 liters of water

Method :

1- Water is heated in the fire until closer to the boiling point.
2- In the meantime, half a kilo of flour in the form of light dough is prepared.
3- Then add the dough to the heated water and leave for about 10 minutes,
4- Add the remaining flour bit by bit until the mixture becomes a bit strong.
5- Leave to gently heat for 10 more minutes.
6- Pour it into a bowl and leave to cool down , and thus the porridge is ready to be applied...

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