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🇸🇸 Traditional dishes from South Sudan

3 dishes people actually cook in South Sudan: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Asida

45 min · medium · 5 ingredients

Asida, a traditional dish from South Sudan

Delight in the rich, comforting flavors of Asida!

  • 500 g wheat flour
  • 1000 ml water
  • 5 tsp salt
  • 100 g butter
  • 50 g sugar

Kisra

180 min · medium · 4 ingredients

Kisra, a traditional dish from South Sudan

A delicious fermented flatbread, perfect with stews!

  • 500 g sorghum flour
  • 600 ml water
  • 10 g salt
  • 5 g yeast

Molokhia

45 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Molokhia, a traditional dish from South Sudan

A flavorful and nutritious green stew from South Sudan.

  • 200 g molokhia leaves
  • 500 g chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 water

What do people eat in South Sudan?

The three dishes from South Sudan documented in Copper are Asida, Kisra and Molokhia. Two of the three are boiled. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 13 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from South Sudan?

The three recipes need 13 ingredients between them. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the South Sudan entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from South Sudan take?

Asida is the quickest at 45 minutes. Kisra is the longest at 180 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 45 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from South Sudan is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from South Sudan here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Asida is the shortest way in.

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