Xawaash spice mix from In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean (page 74) by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen

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  • TrishaCP on November 20, 2021

    This is so fragrant and lovely. I halved the recipe and it still made a ton. Out of carelessness and using too small of a pan, I burned the spices the first time that I made this, and had to pitch the batch. The second time, I toasted each spice individually, and I would recommend that approach.

  • DKennedy on February 22, 2021

    Amy made a batch of this and shared it with me. it was a necessary ingredient for my samosa filling. When I added it to the pan, I was instantaneously transported to India. Wonderful, fragrant stuff!

  • bernalgirl on November 12, 2020

    Excellent in the recipes in this book and so much more. Works great in scrambled eggs and roasted vegetables, will try with roasted potatoes and grilled fish or chicken. While this seems like a lot, the Suqaar alone several tablespoons do I think we’ll go through this pretty quickly.

  • EmilyR on October 14, 2020

    This is requisite to make the chicken biryani. I love the scent (heavy on the cumin) and flavor and think it would pair nicely with chicken or potatoes even if you don't go the extra effort to make the biryani. Also, it's a sizable quantity, so you may want to scale it down.

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