KHOJA Cuisine

[Phoenikia]

Beans, beans, beans....

I am experimenting with the remaining pigeon peas. This is a"jump to" a recipe for pigeon peas in coconut cream" with "Indian chile powde, turmeric, whole chile, (jalapeño or serrano), garlic paste, green chile paste and/or sambal oelek, lemon juice,coriander leaves. I have already cooked some with Caribbean green seasoning and guanciale. Would this guanciale (brown sugar, garlic, juniper berries, black pepper, bay leaves, nutmeg) “fight” with the above? This is about Khoja Ismaili Cuisine

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It’s been interesting. We have had a ton of newcomers arriving in Canada lately, and the economical restaurant landscape is reflecting the taste of the current population. Our population, which traditionally was around the same as California’s, hit 40 million people last July , and I think we already have hit 41 million people this year. Many of the newcomers are coming from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. I happen to live near one of the 2 Ethiopia towns in Toronto. There are Ethiop…

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@Beans

Would this guanciale (brown sugar, garlic, juniper berries, black pepper, bay leaves, nutmeg) “fight” with the above? This is about Khoja Ismaili Cuisine

Khojas, being Muslim, would not go anywhere near guanciale.

[Phoenikia]

For what its worth, the handful of Gen X Ismaili Canadians I know eat pork.

I agree that, traditionally, Ismailis did not eat pork.

Here are the 2 pork free Ismaili recipes from the Serious Eats article about Khoja Cuisine.

Bharazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut Cream) Recipe

Mandazi (East African Coconut Doughnuts) Recipe

[BarneyGrubble (Fan of Beethoven and Latina singers)]

Yum! I love mandazi.

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@Phoenikia

For what its worth, the handful of Gen X Ismaili Canadians I know eat pork.

Yup, I have a few boomer friends who do eat pork, but I would never mention this to another friend whose uptight wife would be on the warpath if she knew.

Theoretically they do not drink alcohol, but most do.

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Subreddit on the History of Khoja Cuisine