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Recipes

Ahmed Obo shares these recipes from The Jambo Café Cookbook: Recipes and Remembrances of My Journey from Africa to America, which is sold at his restaurant.

JAMBO COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Serves 6–8

After leaving Africa, Ahmed Obo found that curry-based dishes nurtured memories of home. “That’s the spice that I came to America with, in my head, in

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