Bean Stew · Farmers' Market Staple
Fasoolia
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Farmers in the villages around Baidoa grow beans specifically as a market crop alongside sorghum, tying fasoolia directly back to the fields just outside the city.
Fasoolia simmers kidney or white beans in a tomato-based sauce with onion and Somali spices until thick and hearty, usually served alongside rice or bread.
Why it's made this way: The Bay region around Baidoa is Somalia's breadbasket for beans as well as sorghum, and fasoolia turns that harvest into one of the area's most reliably filling meals.
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