🇸🇸 South Sudanese Cuisine

Roasted Groundnuts

Roasted Peanuts

Prep Time 15 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Calories 286 kcal

Peanuts dry-roasted in a clay pot until deeply golden and crunchy, seasoned with salt — the most ubiquitous South Sudanese snack, sold on every street corner.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 If in shell, keep as is for dry roasting. If shelled, proceed directly.
  2. 2 Heat a clay pot or heavy skillet over medium heat.
  3. 3 Add peanuts and roast, stirring constantly, for 10-12 minutes.
  4. 4 Listen for the skins cracking and watch for golden color.
  5. 5 Sprinkle with salt while hot.
  6. 6 Cool before eating.

Did You Know?

Ful sudani vendors have a signature rhythmic scooping and paper-wrapping technique that makes the purchase feel like a small performance.