I don’t usually make comments, as I typically make recipes as printed, but now–having departed from the recipe and omitted the 8 teaspoons of cumin entirely from the xawaash mixture, I would like to crown my cumin-free rendition of Malaay Qumbe an enormous, self-judged success. (Should I say it went over swimmingly with my friends and family? Does anyone fact-check these claims?) Next time beef for the fish, Yoo-Hoo for coconut milk, and it’ll be 5 stars indeed.