{"id":3120,"slug":"sombi","title":"Sombi","description":"Sombi is a traditional West African dish, especially popular in Senegal. Made with rice and coconut milk, it is served as a creamy, mildly sweet porridge or dessert. This recipe is adapted from one by Saveur magazine.","ingredients_raw":["4 cups coconut milk","1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (fresh or dried)","½ cup packed light or dark brown sugar","½ teaspoon kosher salt","1 vanilla bean (seeds scraped and reserved)","2 cups cooked white rice","2 tablespoons fresh lime juice"],"ingredients_norm":["coconut milk","unsweetened shredded coconut","light or dark brown sugar","kosher salt","vanilla bean","cooked white rice","fresh lime juice"],"steps":["In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the coconut milk, shredded coconut, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla bean seeds. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil, stirring frequently. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until slightly reduced.","Add the cooked white rice and continue to stir. Cook for another 5 minutes, or until the rice begins to break down and the mixture thickens into a porridge-like consistency.","Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the fresh lime juice.","Serve hot as a warm, mildly sweet dessert or breakfast porridge."],"categories":["Senegalese recipes"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"5","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Sombi","source_ref":"4527182","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Sombi&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"fe42215a7f631822a77d86bd19c735247be63c0d44aad3df2bfd72b485e117cb","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:22Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:22Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/sombi"}