Mother of All
Chef Kaltum
Cuisine: Sudanese
Mother of All offers Sudanese cuisine. Chef Kaltum celebrates her East African culinary traditions with foods including Gima, Sambusas and Basbusa.
Chef Kaltum was recognized at the 2018 Women's Entrepreneurial Conference where she was invited to pitch Mother of All, her catering business started with the help of Spice Kitchen Incubator.
Chef Kaltum traveled to San Francisco in May 2018 to cook for the La Cocina Annual Gala. La Cocina is a food business incubator that Spice Kitchen incubator is modeled after. La Cocina is a flagship providing expertise and resources not only to food entrepreneurs locally, but also to food business incubators across the nation.
To Request Catering please use Request Catering button or call Spice Kitchen: (385) 202-5207.
In addition to catering through Mother of All, Chef Kaltum owns Ali Baba Grocery and Bakery.
Ali Baba Grocery and Bakery
389 East 3300 South
South Salt Lake, Utah 84115
(801) 513-7362
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday: 11:00am - 8:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Menu Overview:
Entrées: Gima, Sambusas and Basbusa
From left to right, Chefs Kaltum, Haymar, Michaela, Najati and Mayada at International Rescue Committee-SLC Breaking Bread 2017 benefit celebration after serving over 250 appetizers, entrees and desserts. All chefs are entrepreneurs of Spice Kitchen Incubator.
Photo: Brent Uberty/BW Productions
Chef Kaltum at Women's Entrepreneurial Conference April 17, 2018.
Chef Kaltum catering the IRC’s 2017 Journey to the Wasatch.
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Mother of All – Spice To Go:
Chef’s previous Spice To Go menus.
(The weekly meal pick-up service, Spice To Go, is no longer offered. These are prior menus from this chef and are meant to provide ideas on what is possible.)
— December 15, 2022
Main Dishes:
Dama Chicken (16oz):
Chicken simmered with garbanzo beans, eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, and peas in a warm red sauce flavored with a Sudanese spice blend. Served with vegetable couscous. (Halal, dairy free, gluten free)
Vegetable Cocktail (16oz):
Pan-fried zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, red and green bell peppers, green beans, onions, and carrots lightly sauteed with Sudanese spices (cumin, garlic, red sauce). Comes with veggie couscous. (Vegetarian, dairy free. Contains wheat)
Appetizers:
Beef Sambusa (2pc):
Deep fried until golden brown, filled with ground beef, parsley, garlic, onions, and cilantro. Served with spicy peanut sauce. (Halal, contains wheat and peanuts. Dairy free. 7-8 spice level)
Vegetable Sambusa (2pc):
Deep fried until golden brown, filled with a mixture of potatoes, green beans, carrots, onions, peas, garlic, cilantro, and parsley. Served with spicy peanut sauce. (Vegetarian, contains wheat and peanuts. Dairy free. 7-8 spice level)
Sides:
Sudanese Lentil Addas with Homemade Bread (10oz):
Sudanese lentil soup with tomatoes, onions, garlic, cumin, coriander and other spices. (Dairy free, gluten free)
Dessert:
Basbousa Cake (3pc):
Coconut and semolina cake topped with baked almonds and homemade sweet syrup. (Contains wheat, coconut, dairy)
— August 11, 2022
Main Dishes:
Gima and Vegetable Rice (16oz):
Fried potatoes and ground beef simmered in a spiced tomato sauce with mixed vegetables (carrots, potatoes, green beans, peas) and fennel, served with vegetable rice. (Halal, dairy free, gluten free)
Vegetable Cocktail (16oz):
an-fried zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, red and green bell peppers, green beans, onions, and carrots lightly sauteed with Sudanese spices (cumin, garlic, red sauce). Comes with veggie rice. (Vegetarian, dairy free, gluten free)
Appetizers:
Beef Sambusa (2pc):
Deep fried until golden brown, filled with ground beef, parsley, garlic, onions, and cilantro. (Halal, contains wheat, dairy free)
Vegetable Sambusa (2pc):
Deep fried until golden brown, filled with a mixture of potatoes, green beans, carrots, onions, peas, garlic, cilantro, and parsley. (Vegetarian, contains wheat, dairy free)
Sides:
Spice Peanut Sauce (6oz):
A smooth, creamy dipping sauce made of peanut butter, jalapenos, Aleppo pepper, garlic, lemon. Pairs well with sambusa, gima, etc. (Contains peanuts, dairy free, gluten free)
Beverage:
A wide variety of delicious juices and nectars made with real fruit.
Kern's Guava Nectar (11.5oz)
Kern's Mango Nectar (11.5oz)
Kern's Strawberry Nectar (11.5oz)
Kern's Peach Nectar (11.5oz)
Dessert:
Sudanese Donuts (8pc):
Flour, salt, yeast, and sugar, deep fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar and topped with coconut. *Please leave an order note for no coconut flakes
— June 20, 2019
Meat Entree (GF): Dama Chicken - Chicken simmered with garbanzo beans, eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, and peas in a warm red sauce flavored with a Sudanese spice blend, served with vegetable couscous.
Vegan Entree (GF): Dama Vegetables - Garbanzo beans, eggplant, potatoes, zucchini, carrots, and peas simmered in a red sauce flavored with a Sudanese spice blend, served with vegetable couscous.
Each entree comes with a side of falafel and peanut sauce.
— March 28, 2019
Meat Entree: Dama Goat - Goat meat simmered in a red sauce with Sudanese spices, served with Vegetable Rice and Beef Sambusa.*
Vegan Entree: Vegetable Cocktail - Bell Peppers, Onion, Tomato, Carrots, and Green Beans simmered in a Red Sauce, served with Vegetable Rice and Vegetable Sambusa.*
*entrees can be made gluten free by substituting falafel and peanut sauce for sambusa.
— December 13, 2018
Meat Entree (GF): Chicken and Vegetable Cocktail - Tender Pieces of Chicken simmered with Bell Peppers, Onion, Tomato, Carrots, and Green Beans in a Red Sauce, served with Vegetable Rice, Falafel, and Peanut Sauce.
Vegan Entree (GF): Vegetable Cocktail - Bell Peppers, Onion, Tomato, Carrots, and Green Beans simmered in a Red Sauce, served with Vegetable Rice, Falafel, and Peanut Sauce.
Each entree is served with a fresh green salad and lemon pepper dressing.
— August 30, 2018
Meat Entree*: Kebab Macaroni – Spiced Beef Kebab with Carrots and Peas over Pasta.
Vegan Entree: Addas – Lentils with Green Onion and Tomato, with Vegetarian Cocktail.
Each entree will come with vegetable sambusa (gluten free will substitute sambusa with fresh falafel).
*Meat entree can be made gluten free by serving over rice.
— May 17, 2018
Meat Entree (GF): Dama – Chicken Sautéed in Tomato Sauce with Potatoes, Onions, and a mix of Sudanese Spices, served over Vegetable Rice.
Vegan Entree (GF): Vegetable Cocktail – Eggplant, Bell Peppers, Zucchini, Potatoes, Carrots, and a mix of Sudanese Spices served over Vegetable Rice, served with a vegetable sambusa.*
*sambusa not gluten free, will be substituted with extra vegetables.
Each entree comes with a fresh green salad with spicy pepper chutney.
— January 25, 2018
Meat Entree (GF): Kufta (ground beef, onion, cilantro, dill) and Roasted Chicken Legs with Vegetable Rice.
Vegetarian Entree*: Vegetable Sambusa served with Falafel, Peanut Sauce, and Vegetable Rice.
*Vegetarian can be made accommodated for vegan; also accommodated for GF by substituting Sambusa for Falafel.
Each Entree is served with a green salad with spicy green pepper sauce.
— June 15, 2017
Meat Entree: Mashi (vegetables stuffed with beef and rice) and vegetable sambusa.
Vegetarian Entree: Vegetarian cocktail (bell peppers, sweet potato, zucchini, eggplant) served with a vegetable sambusa and rice.
Each meal is served with a green salad.
— March 30, 2017
Meat Entree: Mashi (vegetables stuffed with beef and rice) and vegetable sambusa.
Vegetarian Entree: Vegetarian cocktail (bell peppers, sweet potato, zucchini, eggplant) served with a vegetable sambusa and rice.
Each meal is served with a green salad.
