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“Sogoq is the older brother of kebdah. Same pan, same lemon, same green chilli — but sausage instead of liver. The fat renders into the bread and you forget you have anywhere else to be.”
— Dr Hany, Zambahola
— Dr Hany, Zambahola
🎤 Recipe credit: The video below is by Omar’s Cooking — we don’t reproduce the chef’s recipe text. Our notes are written from scratch with metric/cup conversions and UK substitutes for our diaspora and UK readers. Watch the original on the Omar’s Cooking – عمر في المطبخ channel. · 2.4M views.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Metric | UK Cups | Notes / UK substitute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian sogoq (sausage)سجق إسكندراني | 500 g | Cut into 2 cm pieces. Frozen Hisham sogoq is what we stock. | |
| Garlic, crushed | 4 cloves | ||
| Green chilli, sliced | 2 | ||
| Tomato, chopped | 1 medium | ||
| Lemon juice | 1 lemon | ||
| Pomegranate molasses | 1 tbsp | Stocked — SERA 680g. | |
| Cumin + paprika | 1 tsp each | ||
| Olive oil | 1 tbsp | ||
| Salt & pepper | to taste |
Method
- Defrost the sogoq fully. Pat dry.
- Heat the oil. Add the sogoq pieces in a single layer. Sear 2 minutes — don’t move them. Flip, 2 minutes more. Most of the fat will render out.
- Drain off most of the rendered fat (keep about 1 tbsp).
- Add garlic, chilli, tomato. Stir 60 seconds.
- Off the heat, hit with cumin, paprika, lemon and pomegranate molasses. Toss.
- Eat straight from the pan with warm baladi bread, sliced raw onion and pickles. Glass of strong tea after.
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Egyptian Sogok Sausage
1kg Frozen
Sera Pomegranate Molasses
680g
Cumin Powder
SARA 75g
Sweet Paprika
75g
Garlic Powder
75g
Lemons
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Fresh chilli & tomato (UK supermarket)
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🎤 Listen instead — the Sogoq Iskandarani (Alexandrian Sausage) podcast
A few minutes on the history, the ratios, and the chef’s little secret — generated with NotebookLM.
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