Kefayet Ullah; [Chef]

Unknown (Gastronomy); [Author]

Rohingya recipes

Gastronomy (GAS)

Cooking

Semai or vermicelli, is a dessert cooked mainly on special occasions and Eid. This dish is so popular to have on Eid that some Rohingya call Eid Ul Fitr ‘Semai Eid'. Not only do the Rohingya cook this dish for themselves and their families, but there is also a tradition of cooking this as fatiya (donation of food to the poor). Although it is a special dish for Eid, semai is also eaten throughout the year. The dry variation of semai is called bunna semai, but it can also be made with milk. Most Rohingya prefer to cook this recipe with castor sugar, but palm sugar can also be used.