Moukhbaza
The Beja east's signature: hot flatbread pounded with ripe banana into a sweet, steaming mash, sharpened with chilli and honey.
History and culture
In the tea houses of Kassala and Port Sudan, moukhbaza is breakfast, dessert and welcome at once — Beja hospitality in a single bowl.
Ingredients
- 2 fresh flatbreads, torn hot
- 3 ripe bananas
- Honey, a little chilli
- Sesame oil or ghee
How it is made
- Pound hot bread and banana together to a rough mash.
- Work in a spoon of ghee or sesame oil.
- Finish with honey and a breath of chilli; eat hot.