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Baasto

Somali pasta with a ground-beef, potato and tomato sauce.

About Baasto

Ifrah F. Ahmed’s baasto pairs pasta with a Somali suugo based on ground beef and potato. This named version includes fresh tomatoes and tomato paste, with spaghetti selected from the author’s pasta choices.

Garlic, ground cumin, cilantro and Vegeta season the sauce beside onion and green bell pepper. Olive oil carries the aromatics, while salt completes the published seasoning.

The potato helps bind a thick sauce around the meat and vegetables. Small pools of oil appear on the finished suugo, which is tossed with the cooked pasta and explicitly served hot.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Wheat (gluten).

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Baasto

Ifrah F. Ahmed’s baasto iyo suugo hilib shiishiid.

Olive oilCooking medium
White onionAromatic
Ground beefProtein
Russet potatoBase
GarlicAromatic
Ground cuminSeasoning
Fine sea saltSeasoning
Vegeta seasoningSeasoningIngredient page not linked
Cilantro leavesAromatic
Ripe tomatoesBase
WaterLiquid
Tomato pasteBase
Green bell pepperBase
SpaghettiBase

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
White onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Ground beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader beef candidate; ground form.
Russet potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader potato candidate; russet form retained.
Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cumin candidate; ground form.
Fine sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fine form retained.
Vegeta seasoning: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named compound; exact supplied product/full formula uninspected.
Cilantro leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual leaves source45; same allocation divided between puree and sauce53.
Ripe tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit sauce-blending water47/53 only; separate pasta cooking liquid not named.
Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Spaghetti: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual spaghetti option34 selected; normal wheat pasta confirms Wheat; exact supplier formula unknown.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

Somalia
SomaliaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

Somali Cuisine
Somali CuisineCatalogue link pending review

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references

Baasto Iyo Suugo Hilib Shiishiid (Pasta With Meat Sauce)