Somali-style Molohiya

Melokhia

Preparation info
  • This should feed

    6

    people.
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

  • About

I like recipes that are passed by word of mouth and so when I want to try something new I usually try to talk to my customers, among whom are many Somalis. The ladies are well-mannered, graceful and modest, without exception startlingly beautiful, and generally a pleasure to have in the shop. As ambassadors of their nation, they do a sterling service. As they are also rather shy, it took a bit of persuasion for them to open up and talk about what they do in the kitchen. I was determined to