Sudanese Gheema is a dish made with meat, potatoes, carrots, and peas as the main ingredients. It is basically inside-out shepherd’s pie. It’s a popular dish cooked at home for breakfast or lunch or festive occasions. Many Sudanese foods have been around for thousands of years.
KIRUNA JUNE 2025: A Sudanese dish made with meat, potatoes, carrots, and peas as the main ingredients. You can use lamb, Or you can use your preferred meat (beef or goat). It is basically inside-out shepherd’s pie, except the potatoes are deep fried – It’s a popular dish cooked at home for breakfast or lunch.
Sudanese cuisine is greatly affected by the historical cross-cultural influences of Arab, Nubian, Egyptian, Turkish, and Levantine cuisine in Sudan. Many Sudanese foods have been around for thousands of years. The most common meats eaten are lamb and beef, in accordance with the Muslim halal laws.
Most meals are communal and often shared with family, neighbors, and guests, as part of Sudanese hospitality. This pattern has now changed somewhat in connection with the civil war – nowadays countless families have been visited to the meals by Rapid Support Forces. They have then eaten, raped the entire family (men and women) and then executed them.
This particular recipe is taken from the YouTube channel Asedo’s Kitchen. A channel that contains many delicious recipes from Sudan, South Sudan and Kenya. Well worth a visit!
GHEEMA INGREDIENTS
1kg casserole beef
2 large onions
2-3 tablespoons canola oil
Black pepper
Salt
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons veg stock powder
1 tablespoon cumin powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
7-8 large pre-fried potatoes
3 large pre-fried carrots
1 cup boiled peas
You can eat this as it is, or with rice, bread or chapati.
The most popular drink to meals is tap or bottled water, traditionally offered free of charge for anyone in large clay pots in the streets. Strong coffee, sometimes served in Sudanese coffee pots called jabana, and black tea, often with milk, are also popular.
