Learn how to cook 3 simple Sudanese dishes.

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than lamb.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil offers better health benefits, while sunflower oil is economical.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: no herbs

Dried herbs are more shelf-stable and less expensive.

cardamom

🥗Healthier: cinnamon

💰Cheaper: nutmeg

Cinnamon and nutmeg can provide a similar warm flavor profile.

Introduce the chef and the dish being made.

Clean the chicken breasts by soaking them in lemon, salt, and garlic for sanitization.

Rinse the chicken breasts and prepare to cut them.

Cut the chicken breasts at an angle into thin slices.

Prepare the suya spice mix by blending regular peanuts (not roasted) with spices including cumin, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.

Coat the marinated chicken with the suya spice mix, ensuring it's fully covered.

Skewer the coated chicken pieces onto skewers.

Preheat the oven for cooking the skewers.

Prepare a salad with diced cucumber, tomatoes, scallion, and cilantro, mixing them together.

Make a traditional Sudanese dressing using Sudanese peanut butter, sesame oil, salt, pepper, and cumin.

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