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A sufuria ( Swahili ''sufuria'';
A sufuria ( Swahili ''sufuria''; English
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plural ''sufurias'') is a Swahili language word, adopted in the local African Great Lakes
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regional variety of English, for a flat-based, deep-sided, lipped and handleless cooking pot or container. It is ubiquitous in Kenya
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and other Great Lakes nations. A replacement for more traditional crockery containers (''ek fara''), it's used in many Kenyan households for cooking, serving and storing food. Most sufuria are today made of aluminum, and produced and purchased locally in the informal sector
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. Sufuria were traditionally used to cook over open fire, a charcoal brazier (a ''jiko''), or coals, and are purchased in a variety of sizes, with and without lids.Ann Gardner. Karibu: welcome to the cooking of Kenya. Kenway Publications Imprint Series/East African Publishers, 1993 pp. 170, 178, 179
See also
*List of cooking vessels
This is a list of cooking vessels. A cooking vessel is a type of cookware or bakeware designed for cooking, baking, roasting, boiling or steaming. Cooking vessels are manufactured using materials such as steel, cast iron, aluminum, clay and va ...
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