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Does anyone have a simple recipe for Bariis and Hilib? I'm tired of eating out and the Somali Maqaayads here make me feel queasy.
The nail I found in my suqaar this evening was the final straw. I tried to make bariis once but it was too soggy.

Help a brotha out!

I'm not sure which nail is worse.

Best bariis is that bariis in the straw bag DON'T get basmati rice. I find that it never comes out right either too soggy or a bit hard. When cooking bariis in a hurry I just chop unions and out some olive oil in the pan and then put the unions and the seasoning and salt and then put the rice and turn the heat down and let it kinda fry and absorb the seasoning. Whilst that's happening crush a few garlics and that leafy thing forgot the name in English it's called kabasar caleyn in Somali then insert it into the pan and mix and let it absorb that. Whilst that happening the hilib should be in a separate pan boiling with just water. Then use the water from the hilib for the rice to give it that flavour and then put oil in the pan and some seasoning and insert your hilib and let it fry, you can put some vegetables in if you like but boil the vegetables first in some seasoning. I usually just slice up my vegetables, lightly season em and fry them like chips, only the patatos, unions and carrots though.


Btw why don't you just try coconut rice and chicken, it's much easier and simpler to cook than normal bariis and hilib?

Euphoriia wrote:Best bariis is that bariis in the straw bag DON'T get basmati rice. I find that it never comes out right either too soggy or a bit hard. When cooking bariis in a hurry I just chop unions and out some olive oil in the pan and then put the unions and the seasoning and salt and then put the rice and put the heat down and let it kinda fry and absorb the seasoning. Whilst that's happening crush a few garlics and that leafy thing forgot the name in English it's called kabasar caleyn in Somali then insert it into the pan and mix and let it absorb that. Whilst that happening the hilib should be in a separate pan boiling with just water. Then use the water from the hilib for the rice to give it that flavour and then put oil in the pan and some seasoning and insert your hilib and let it fry, you can put some vegetables in if you like but boil the vegetables first in some seasoning. I usually just slice up my vegetables, lightly season em and fry them like chips, only the patatos, unions and carrots though.

Thanks gacaliso

This Youtube channel features many videos showing how to cook delicious Somali dishes. I can't really give recipes since I don't use measurements and I don't time anything so it wouldn't be helpful.

CushiticReflections wrote:This Youtube channel features many videos showing how to cook delicious Somali dishes. I can't really give recipes since I don't use measurements and I don't time anything so it wouldn't be helpful.

No more maqaayads for me.
Much appreciated

Kabsar caleen = coriander. Found this out after years of debate with my mom in trying to shop for "the leafy green plant for seasoning".

Rice is pretty easy man. Just buy the brand you like. You might like Marjan (the straw bag). There so many variations of rice, so try something different every now and then. But make it easy on yourself...

Rice cooker


+Chicken broth


fry up some veggies and chicken, and you're good.

^^ lol thanks for writing the names. I need to well my parents need to buy a rice cooker, seems easier.

^ Cheers Alpha.

I didn't realise how hard it is to be a bachelor, I’ve lost 20 pounds since I left my mother’s diabetes inducing nest.

People often recommend these Somali Recipes websites.

tammyssomalihome.blogspot.com/

http://xawaash.com/

Maybe you can find something you like there.

rice cookers suck and are only good for white sticky rice. You can't cook it like the somali way