A FOOD TRADITION
Sudanese Cuisine
Sudanese cuisine combines sorghum and wheat breads, legumes, okra, meat, fish, and richly seasoned stews across the Nile Valley and savanna regions.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Agashe
Agashe is Sudanese-style spicy grilled meat on skewers, commonly coated or served with a peanut-based seasoning mixture.
Aseeda
Aseeda is a thick boiled grain-flour preparation found across South Sudan, Sudan, Chad, and other neighboring cuisines, commonly served warm with savory sauce or stew and sometimes prepared in sweet forms.
Bamia
Bamia is a shared regional okra stew, including South Sudanese, Sudanese, Egyptian, and Iraqi preparations, commonly cooked with tomato, aromatics, and sometimes meat.
Basima
Basima is a Sudanese coconut cake made with desiccated coconut, wheat flour, sugar, egg, and yogurt before baking.
Fasikh
A Sudanese preparation of salted fermented fish typically served with onion, tomato, and chilli-based accompaniments.
Fatta
An Egyptian layered dish of toasted bread, rice, meat, broth, and a garlicky vinegar dressing, often finished with tomato sauce or ghee.
Fish Mullah
A Sudanese fish stew prepared with fish, tomato, onion, garlic, cumin, and a seasoned cooking liquid.
Ful Medames
Ful medames is a warm dish of slowly cooked fava beans seasoned with oil, lemon, garlic, cumin, and salt.
Ghorayeba
Ghorayeba is a delicate Egyptian shortbread made from flour, ghee, and sugar, sometimes finished with a nut garnish.
Gidid
Gidid is a Sudanese preparation of salted, dried beef that is eaten as preserved meat or used to enrich stews.
Gurasa
Gurasa, also spelled gurassa or goraasa, is a soft, thick pancake-like flatbread. Regional descriptions differ: Sudanese versions are commonly wheat-based and leavened or fermented, while South Sudanese references also describe a thick corn-based form.
Kajaik
Kajaik is a South Sudanese fish stew or soup prepared with dried fish, tomato, onion, water, and cooking oil.
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