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, a creamy cilantro and tangy tamarind mix she served with tortillas like salsa. "I want to help bring Somali cuisine to a global audience," she says. "Basbaas are traditional Somali sauces with a sweet and tangy twist, the perfect complement to every dish."
Hassan only spent a few years living in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia—her mother and siblings fled the country when she was four when—but she still feels a deep connection to the country. "I remember Somalia very well," she says. "I remember papaya trees and eating a lot of dates. I remember going to the beach on the weekends. I remember going to my grandfather’s country house.
After leaving Somalia, Hassan's family first landed in a refugee camp in Kenya, where they spent several years. Her mother operated a small shop, selling basic goods like toilet paper and rice to the other refugees, and Hassan, the eldest daughter, helped out in the shop, perhaps foreshadowing her own business skills to come. But when Hassan was seven, an opportunity opened for her to move to the United States.
. "I use it in the red sauce, you can taste it," she says. "It’s basically our allspice, but because I don’t live around any Somali stores I just have to make it myself."Once the spice mix is made, Hassan puts together the fragrant rice, cooked with tomatoes and red onions—which Hassan says is a must for Somali cuisine. And then the beef stew. It's a recipe Hassan says her mother would make often for the family, easy to quickly pull together for a big crowd.
, with its combination of beef, carrot, onion, and potato, but the real Somali flavor comes from thatThe best thing about this recipe: no special ingredients required! Although a taste of thespice mix can make you feel as though you've take a trip to Somalia, you've likely got all the spices necessary to make it in your pantry already. Which means a taste of Hassan's home country is only a pot of stew away.
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