DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Digir
Fozia Ismail’s maraq digir recalls her mother’s Somali family cooking and Saturday brunches.
About Digir
Fozia Ismail’s maraq digir recalls her mother’s Somali family cooking and Saturday brunches. This tomato-and-spice bean stew uses adzuki beans, with some beans mashed into its substantial base.
Homemade xawaash contributes cumin, coriander, black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. Fresh coriander, green chilli and tomato give the stew its vegetable character, with ginger offered as an extra.
Feta, black olives and olive oil accompany the beans. Pita bread and za’atar complete this serving, combining soft beans, a thick sauce and contrasting toppings.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Digir
Fozia Ismail’s Somali maraq digir with adzuki beans.
- Fresh corianderAromatic
- TomatoesBase
- Green chilliesSeasoning
- Fresh gingerAromatic · Optional
- Dried adzuki beansBase
- OnionAromatic
- Olive oilCooking medium
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Cumin seedsSeasoning · Homemade xawaash
- Coriander seedsSeasoning · Homemade xawaash
- Black peppercornsSeasoning · Homemade xawaash
- Flat cinnamon barkSeasoning · Homemade xawaash
- Cardamom seedsSeasoning · Homemade xawaash
- Whole clovesSeasoning · Homemade xawaash
- FetaTopping
- Black olivesTopping
- Prepared pita breadAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Za’atarSeasoning
- TurmericSeasoning · Homemade xawaash · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual135 green chillies, exact species unprovided.
- Fresh ginger (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual136/153 explicit optional addition.
- Dried adzuki beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual137 adzuki; kidney-bean scalar discrepancy retained.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual139 cooking and156 final dressing retained.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual154 bean boiling and155 conditional simmer water.
- Cumin seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own xawaash144.
- Coriander seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own xawaash145.
- Black peppercorns: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own xawaash146.
- Flat cinnamon bark: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own xawaash147, exact cinnamon species unprovided.
- Cardamom seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own xawaash148, colour/species unprovided.
- Whole cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own xawaash149.
- Feta: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual156 dairy feta confirms Milk.
- Black olives: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Prepared pita bread: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual156 pita selected over naan; ordinary wheat bread confirms Wheat, full formula unprovided.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Za’atar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual156 named prepared blend, composition unprovided; no Sesame guessed.
- Turmeric (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual124 explicitly names mother sometimes adding turmeric to same transmitted xawaash; optional full-prose addition retained although absent card144–149.
Origins & food traditions
Somalia association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Somalia
- SomaliaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Somali Cuisine
- Somali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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