Celtnet Djibouti Recipes and Cookery, Home Page





Welcome to the Celtnet Recipes section for recipes from the East African country of Djibouti. Here you will find all the recipes from Djibouti on this site all gathered into one place. I have attempted to gather together here as many Djiboutienne recipes as possible. The current collection represents the largest gathering of Djiboutienne recipes into one place on the web today. (Just scroll down for the recipes, they follow the brief introduction to Djibouti given below.)

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Djibouti and its Cuisine

Djibouti (Arabic: جيبوتي Jībūtī, Somali: Jabuuti), officially: جمهورية جيبوتي; Jumhūriyyat Jībūtī; Jamhuuriyadda Jabuuti; République de Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti is a small East African country on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The country gained independence from France on June 27th, 1977 and is the successor to the former 'French Somaliland'. Its capital and largest city is Djibouti. The population is divided into two main groups, the Issa (or Somali) people and the Afar. The remainder of the populace is formed by Europeans (mostly French and Italians), Arabs and Ethiopians. Tensions between the Afar and Issa led to the civila war of the early 1990s. Djibouti is a Muslim country and French and Arabic are its official languages, though Somali and Afar are also widely spoken.

Facing, as it does, the narrowest point of the Persian Gulf Djibouti lies in a strategic position. It has been used as a landing point for vessels following the Spice Trade for many centuries. As a result, as well as native cuisines (which are very similar to those of neighbouring Ethiopia) Djibouti also has strong Arabic, Indian and British influences. The Portugese also brought the techniques of roasting and marinating foods to this country. Arabs introduced saffron, cinnamon, pomegranate juice and other spices to the country and exotic Asian fruit like pineapple, lemon, orange and limes as well as New World foods like bell peppers, chillies, tomatoes and maize are common.

Like Ethiopia, the Djiboutienne staple is a flatbread called Injeera, which is used to wrap various meat and vegetable dishes.



The alphabetical list of recipes from Djibouti follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 9 recipes in total:


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Berbere Sauce
     Origin: Djibouti
Harira
     Origin: Djibouti
Skoudehkaris
(Djibouti Rice)
     Origin: Djibouti
Djibouti Lentils
     Origin: Djibouti
Marake Kaloune
(Fish in Sauce)
     Origin: Djibouti
Soupe Djiboutienne
(Djibouti Soup)
     Origin: Djibouti
Fah-Fah
(Soupe Djiboutienne)
     Origin: Djibouti
Samboussa
(Djibouti Samosas)
     Origin: Djibouti
Yetakelt W'et
(Spiced Vegetable Stew)
     Origin: Djibouti

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The image above shows the entire continent of Africa with East Africa picked out in red. East Africa is formed from nineteen states: 1: Burundi; 2: Comoros; 3: Djibouti; 4: Eritrea; 5: Ethiopia; 6: Kenya; 7: Madagascar; 8: Malawi; 9: Mauritius; 10: Mayotte; 11: Mozambique; 12: Réunion; 13: Rwanda; 14: Seychelles; 15: Somalia; 16: Tanzania; 17: Uganda; 18: Zambia; and 19: Zimbabwe.

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