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Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies

by Noela Mogga | Dec 15, 2017 | Desserts, Recipes

Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies ‘Tis the season for Bakin’! Christmas is right around the corner. In Sudan and South Sudan that means it is time for baking home-made cookies and biscuits. All families indulge in this rite, and cookies are shared...

Kahk Egyptian Cookies Recipe

by Noela Mogga | Jan 6, 2017 | Desserts

Kahk Egyptian Cookies Recipe Kahk is a middle eastern dessert that originated in Egypt as far back as the time of the Pharoahs. There are tombs engraved with depictions of women making Kahk. They are baked in a round shape to mimick the shape of the sun. Women bake...

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.

Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies

Kahk Egyptian Cookies Recipe

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