Pasta sauce with beef (Suugo suqaar) from In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean (page 90) by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen

  • ground beef
  • green bell peppers
  • cilantro
  • red onions
  • spaghetti pasta
  • tomato paste
  • canned diced tomatoes
  • xawaash spice mix

  • EYB Comments

    Can substitute ground turkey or ground chicken for ground beef, and the book’s “Smooth cornmeal porridge” or pasta of your choice for spaghetti pasta.

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Notes about this recipe

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    Can substitute ground turkey or ground chicken for ground beef, and the book’s “Smooth cornmeal porridge” or pasta of your choice for spaghetti pasta.

  • TrishaCP on November 20, 2021

    I’m going to add my rave about this recipe. It was seriously good.

  • jenburkholder on May 31, 2021

    Tasty! We subbed a 12 oz package of Impossible ground for the beef and it still made a fairly large portion. Not everyone was taken with it, but personally, I thought it was repeat-worthy.

  • Frenchfoodie on November 22, 2020

    Seriously good, really deep and complex flavour from the spice mix in what is otherwise a fairly standard bolognese.

  • bernalgirl on November 12, 2020

    Delicious and savory sauce, a nice change from the standard Italian meat sauce. This would be great in a baked pasta casserole

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