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Asida – Sweet Semolina Porridge
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Asida – Sweet Semolina Porridge

A traditional East African semolina porridge – soft, sweet and comforting, with honey and jam

⏱ 20 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Bring the water and salt to a gentle boil in a saucepan.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  2. 2
    Add the semolina in a thin stream, stirring constantly so no lumps form. Turn down to low and simmer, stirring 8–10 minutes, until the porridge is smooth and firm.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  3. 3
    Add the butter, honey and cinnamon and stir.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Pour into serving bowls, arrange the jam on top, sprinkle with the nuts and powdered sugar and serve hot.
    Serving bowl
145calories
3 gprotein
26 gcarbs
3 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 71%● fat 20%

Per serving (129 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Serving bowl · Also works: Bowl (None)

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