Sahel cooking: thick millet or sorghum porridge (boule) with leaf, okra or peanut sauces and dried fish from Lake Chad.
History
Lake Chad fish and Sahel grain shaped diets for ages. Dried fish (salanga) is common.
Ingredients
- Millet
- Sorghum
- Dried fish
- Peanuts
- Okra
- Tomato
How it's made
- Make the sauce with okra or peanuts and dried fish
- Cook the porridge into a firm ball
- Serve the sauce with the porridge
- Eat with the hand
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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What Chad drinks
Karkanji (hibiscus drink), bilbil millet beer
Ratings & notes
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