August, 2016 - Taste of South Sudan

Tegiri with peanut butter

by Noela Mogga | Aug 27, 2016 | Recipes, Vegetarian

Tegiri with peanut butter Tegiri is a dark bitter leafy green vegetable native to South Sudan and cultivated for eating. Please refer to the image below to view the plant. It is inherently bitter. South Sudanese cook tegiri in two methods. One way utilizes...

Royoroyo

by Noela Mogga | Aug 23, 2016 | Recipes, Vegetarian

Royoroyo Royoroyo is a dish made from roasted pigeon peas (burukusuk) and peanut and sesame butter mix. Royoroyo is a traditional delicacy of the people of Yei town in South Sudan. This is the food that they would cook for honored guests. It is eaten with Asida. This...

South Sudan Cuisine

South Sudan Cuisine is heavily influenced by East African and Arab cuisine. At the basic level meals are meat or fish stews with a vegetarian side dish eaten with Asida, a thick porridge made from sorghum or millet. Unique to South Sudan cuisine is the use of peanut butter to thicken sauces. South Sudanese cuisine is generally complex and labor and time consuming. Women spend the better part of the day cooking the day's meals. Sweet hot tea is consumed at any time of the day, for breakfast, after a meal in the afternoon, offered to guests and at every occasion.

Tegiri with peanut butter

Royoroyo

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