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Cambuulo

Name: Cambuulo
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Djibouti
Ingredients: 150g Sweet red beans; 200g Rice; 40g Butter; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 1.2L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Adzuki beans cooked with rice and topped with butter and sugar — a simple dish of Djibouti and Somalia.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Cambuulo is eaten in Djibouti and Somalia: adzuki beans are boiled tender, cooked with rice, and topped with melted butter or sesame oil and sugar. Its sweet-salty taste is the hallmark, and it's often made for dinner. It's a beloved home dish of Somali households.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dinner in a Djiboutian home, melted butter is poured over rice studded with red adzuki beans and served with sweet tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Sweet red beans 150g
Rice 200g
Butter 40g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 1.2L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the adzuki beans and boil from cold water for 1 hour until tender.
Keep 400ml of the cooking liquid and add the rinsed rice and salt.
Cover and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Let steam 10 minutes and mix.
Spoon into bowls and top with melted butter and sugar.

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