Alleamin African Kitchen owner Khadro Abdi is a refugee from Somalia who came to Portland in 2005. A married mother of two children, she dreamed of sharing her culture and food with others. Khadro first started by working with small business supports like Prosper Portland’s Inclusive Business Resource Network to bottle her unique hot sauce and sell it in stores across Portland in 2017. After that success, in the midst of the pandemic, she opened Alleamin African Kitchen to showcase the delicious foods of her homeland. Be sure to try her homemade sambusas, they pair deliciously with her hot sauce!