What truly is Somali food? Do we even have an authentic Somali food?

Khadra2016 · Post by **Khadra2016** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:20 pm

Tanzanian, Kenyan, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Nigerian, Senegalese,etc cuisines all have many unique dishes.
The only Somali food that is truly ours is Muqmad.

But what is Somali food?

Lahoh is Yemeni
Baasto is Italian
Somali rice is Arab/Asian
Sambusa is Asian
Sabaayad is indian

The reason for this is because before colonization, all Somalis used to eat were Caano iyo Hilib Geel.

Susu000 · Post by **Susu000** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:25 am

Ok thank you for this extremely useful information

mahoka · Post by **mahoka** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:01 am

xalwad, muqumad, garow, laxoox and many more

Advo · Post by **Advo** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:29 am

It's because ur family were reer baadiye

gedo_gurl · Post by **gedo_gurl** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:37 pm

Yemeni don't make it the same way as us so it's a different dish. All food cultures overlap, very few countries have their own original cuisines.

Somaliman% · Post by **Somaliman%** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:36 pm

Khadra2016 wrote:Tanzanian, Kenyan, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Nigerian, Senegalese,etc cuisines all have many unique dishes.
The only Somali food that is truly ours is Muqmad.

But what is Somali food?

Lahoh is Yemeni
Baasto is Italian
Somali rice is Arab/Asian
Sambusa is Asian
Sabaayad is indian

The reason for this is because before colonization, all Somalis used to eat were Caano iyo Hilib Geel.

You must come from a miyi background, somali rice is nothing like Asian. I have seen many asians or arabs admire somali rice at weddings and say it's better than theirs.

Laxoox is pure somali. Somali sabayaad is nothing like indian chappati.

Fortuna · Post by **Fortuna** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:37 am

So there are thousands of species of rice in the world and they're all Asian?

theyuusuf143 · Post by **theyuusuf143** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:43 am

Attention seeking whooooooore

Khadra2016 · Post by **Khadra2016** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:32 pm

Khadra2016 · Post by **Khadra2016** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:42 pm

JSL3000 · Post by **JSL3000** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:44 pm

No somali is mixed because we're nomadic.

Nawal9 · Post by **Nawal9** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:34 pm

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Strategic · Post by **Strategic** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:58 pm

i like discussing food.
Nothing beats waking up with beer and Rooti for breakfast with banana/apple juice
for lunch,pasta and fish
for dinner,you enjoy muufo-bread,fish and banana.that is the typical reer xamar food

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