Fenugreek (hulba)
Bitter-sweet golden seeds steeped, ground and simmered — the scent of hilu-mur, of madeeda, and of every Sudanese apothecary jar.
History and culture
Grandmother's pharmacopoeia begins with hulba: for new mothers, for strength, for the chest — and Ramadan would not smell right without it.
Culinary uses
Hilu-mur spicing, madeedat hulba, tonic teas.