Coconut Kashata Somali - style

Ingredients
1 cup - Milk
2 cups - Sugar
2 cups - fresh or moist grated coconut (or dried grated coconut moistened with a few tablespoons of milk or water)
1 tsp - mint extract

Direction
In a hot skillet add milk and let it boil.
Then add sugar
Let it boil for about 8 to ten minutes and stir occasion so the milk won't boil over. 
Add shredded coconut and

Easy Foil Baked Trout with Broccoli

Ingredients:
4 6-oz. trout fillets
Broccoli
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Olive oil 
Sat and black pepper to taste

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400° F. 
Clean and rinse the fish and lightly sprinkle with salt and black pepper. 
Mix together with lemon juice. 
Place each fillet and few broccoli buds on a piece of aluminum foil, pour 1/4 of the olive oil over each, and carefully seal them into an envelope of foil. 
Bake for 20 minutes, unwrap and serve.

Seafood Soup (Supu ya mchanganyiko wa samaki za baharini)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 large shallot, thinly sliced

2 large garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup dry white wine

1 1/2 cups chicken stock or low-sodium broth

1 cup bottled clam juice

1 bay leaf

1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, plus more for serving

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

  1 dozen littleneck clams, scrubbed 

1 dozen hard crabs, cleaned

3/4 pound skinless snapper fillets, cut into 2-inch pieces

1/2 pound medium shrimp

Mango Potato Cucumber Salad (Salad ya Maembe, Matango na Viazi Mviringo)

Ingredients


5-6 potatoes, boiled
2 firm mangoes 
1/4 cup Orange juice 
2 tbsp Fresh lemon juice
1/2 red bell pepper, seeded
2 cucumbers
1/2 green Bell pepper, seeded
2 tbsp minced Ginger
1/4 cup chopped Mint
Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Easy Hummus Recipe (Kotoweo cha Dengu)

A friend of mine (Jewish) one day invited me over for dinner at his mother's house. His mother served a homemade hummus and I loved it. I have been using hummus for quite sometime now in replace of dips and butter but the homemade one was just so delicious so I decided to learn how to make it from scratch by myself too. I found out the secret is the order in which you add ingredients to your food processor and  for extra smooth hummus is to remove the skins of each chickpea.

Hummus is a Middle Eastern and Arabic food dip or spread. The hummus acts as both the protein and the condiment. I love hummus on cucumber slices, in fact, it's great on anything green.

Makande (Corn and Bean Meal)

This is a tradition meal in Pare region (Northern East of Tanzania). Can be served with meat, fish, avocados or simply a salad.

Ingredients
8 oz beans  - soaked overnight
8 oz white corn - soaked overnight

1 Tbs butter or vegetable oil
Coconut milk (option)
Water
Salt and pepper  - to taste


Directions

1. Place corns in a pot (heavy pot or if you have a clay cooking pot is even better (Chungu)). Cover and boil rapidly for 30 to 45 minutes. Longer if you didn't soak overnight.