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Basbaas

Blended Somali green hot sauce with chilli, cilantro and lemon.

Basbaas — illustrative food image

About Basbaas

Leila and Abdullahi present green basbaas as a Somali hot sauce offered at the table. Their green version combines Thai chilli peppers with cilantro, garlic and onion.

Lemon juice and white vinegar give the sauce its acidity, balanced with salt and ground black pepper. Optional habanero peppers provide the additional heat offered in the recipe.

The ingredients are blended into a smooth green condiment. Its concentrated chilli character suits the source’s description of Somali hot sauce as something each person adds according to taste.

Allergens in this recipe

Allergen details are not yet confirmed.

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Ingredients in Basbaas

Leila and Abdullahi’s Somali green basbaas.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

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

  • Green Thai chilli peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual green sauce21 pepper choice; not mild jalapeño recipe or coconut version.
  • Habanero peppers (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Chosen optional22 branch over Scotch bonnet alternative.
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • White vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Cilantro: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Somalia
  • SomaliaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

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

Sources & references
  1. 2 Somali Hot Sauces · Xawaash Skip to content