Muqmad or oodkac is a Somali dish consisting of preserved meat. The term muqmad is used in

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

; the term oodkac is more popular in central and southern parts of

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

. It is typically eaten with

canjeero Lahoh ( , or ), is a spongy, flat pancake-like bread.Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, ''Culture and Customs of Somalis'', (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 113. It is a type of flatbread eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Saud ...

lahoh Lahoh ( , or ), is a spongy, flat pancake-like bread.Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, ''Culture and Customs of Somalis'', (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 113. It is a type of flatbread eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Saud ...

, but sometimes by itself. Although it is usually eaten for breakfast and lunch, it is also sometimes eaten for dinner. Muqmad or oodkac is made by letting the meat cook and soak in melted butter, and then cutting it into cubes.Lamb, David. The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage. Vintage, 2002.

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Somali cuisine Dried meat Somali inventions {{africa-cuisine-stub