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🇪🇬Egypt

Bamia

بامية

A Egyptian okra stew with beef or lamb in tomato and garlic sauce, a daily and home classic

🇸🇸South Sudan

Bamia wa Lahm

Bamia

South Sudanese okra stew with meat in an onion-tomato base; okra pods simmered until the stew thickens to a silky consistency; goat or beef used; flavored with garlic and spices; served with asida or kisra; roots in Middle Eastern cooking.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Bamiya

Okra simmered with meat, onion and tomato in a South Sudanese home-style stew.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Basico

A South Sudanese savoury stew of meat, onion and local spice served with a staple starch.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Blood Stew

Tama

Traditional Mundari and Dinka dish made from fresh cattle blood, sometimes mixed with milk or meat; the blood is collected from living cattle and cooked into a dark, iron-rich stew; a survival food and cultural marker of cattle-herding tribes; not for the faint-hearted.

🇸🇩Sudan

Bussaara

Dried okra and meat cooked with peanut butter and niaimiya into a thick brown stew served over asida or kisra.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Cassava Leaves Stew

Kwang

Thick green stew made from pounded cassava leaves, cooked with peanuts, onions, and spices; slightly bitter; a staple in equatorial South Sudan where cassava grows abundantly; served with rice, kisra, or asida; similar to West African cassava leaf stews.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Combo

South Sudanese stew of spinach, peanut butter, and tomatoes; often enriched with beef or goat meat; peanuts are a staple crop and appear in soups, stews, and sauces; a hearty, earthy dish served with kisra or asida.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Ful

ፉል

A warming breakfast of slow-cooked fava beans mashed and seasoned with garlic, onions, jalapeños, tomatoes and niter kibbeh. Topped with ayib and chopped tomato, served with bread for scooping. Borrowed from Egypt and made distinctly Ethiopian.

🇸🇩Sudan

Miris

Sheep's fat rendered with onion, dried okra and spice into a rich, strong stew traditionally made after a slaughter.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Molokhia

ملوخية

Jute mallow leaves cooked into a green stew with chicken or lamb, served over rice with vinegar, onion and toasted bread.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Mulah

A South Sudanese sauce or stew built from greens, groundnut and aromatics.

🇸🇩Sudan

Mullah Ahmar

Minced beef cooked down with tomato, onion, garlic and niaimiya spice into a thick red sauce poured over asida.

🇸🇩Sudan

Mullah Sharmout

Sun-dried strips of beef rehydrated and cooked with onion and dried okra into a dark, intensely savoury stew.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Shahan Ful

ሻህን ፉል

Stewed fava beans served with chopped fresh vegetables and spices — a lighter, salad-like cousin of ful medames, popular as a fasting dish and street breakfast.

🇸🇸South Sudan

South Sudanese Kajaik

Kajaik

Fish stew native to South Sudan; freshwater fish, usually dried, cooked with vegetables in a tomato-based broth; sometimes coconut water added; shellfish added when available; flavored with spices and curry; a riverine community specialty.

🇸🇸South Sudan

South Sudanese Miris

Miris

South Sudanese dish of stewed meat with onions, tomatoes, and peanut paste; similar to the Sudanese miris; peanuts thicken the sauce; served with kisra or asida; a hearty, nutty stew; influenced by Sudanese cuisine but adapted to local ingredients.

🇸🇸South Sudan

South Sudanese Peanut Stew

Peanut Stew

South Sudanese stew thickened with peanut paste (dakwa); meat or vegetables simmered in a rich, nutty sauce; peanuts are a staple crop and appear in soups, stews, and sauces; served with kisra or rice; a hearty everyday dish.

🇸🇸South Sudan

South Sudanese Stew

Marqa

General South Sudanese term for a slow-cooked stew; usually goat or beef with tomatoes, onions, and spices; rich, meaty, and hearty; the everyday main dish; served with kisra, asida, or rice; the foundation of the South Sudanese meal.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Tripe Stew

Marara

South Sudanese tripe dish; cow stomach lining cleaned and slow-cooked with onions, tomatoes, and chili; a delicacy often eaten at celebrations; chewy, spicy, and rich; found at specialty restaurants and butcher shops.