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Djibouti

Skoudehkaris spiced rice, sambusas and Red Sea fish.

Iconic recipes

Spiced lamb-and-rice pilaf, the Djiboutian national dish.

Djibouti's national rice — lamb braised with tomato, cumin and cardamom folded through fluffy basmati.

Crisp triangles filled with spiced beef and onion — a Ramadan staple.

Spongy fermented pancake eaten with honey, ghee or stew across the Horn of Africa.

Djiboutian spiced vegetable stew with carrot, potato and green bean in berbere.

Spongy fermented sourdough pancake topped with honey and ghee.