Steamed Fonio with Okra
Steamed Fonio with Okra
Ingredients
water: 2 10
fonio: 200 6
water: 2 10
fonio: 200 6
Dish Type: Side Dish
Country: Senegal
Difficulty: Easy
Cooking Time (minutes): average (30 minutes - 2 hours)
Steps
1. Wash fonio and remove excess water in a kitchen towel.
2. Boil water in a couscous pot, add fonio slowly, and cover pot tightly so that steam does not escape. Steam 20 minutes.
3. Leaving the pot on the fire, remove the fonio, mix with a little water, cover, and let stand for 5-10 minutes.
4. Return fonio to couscous pot and steam 20 minutes.
5. Repeat operations 3 and 4.
6. Mix with boiled okra and serve.
1. Wash fonio and remove excess water in a kitchen towel.
2. Boil water in a couscous pot, add fonio slowly, and cover pot tightly so that steam does not escape. Steam 20 minutes.
3. Leaving the pot on the fire, remove the fonio, mix with a little water, cover, and let stand for 5-10 minutes.
4. Return fonio to couscous pot and steam 20 minutes.
5. Repeat operations 3 and 4.
6. Mix with boiled okra and serve.
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1991), Post-harvest and processing technologies of African staple foods: a technical compendium, ISBN 92-5-103076-6, Rome
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1991), Post-harvest and processing technologies of African staple foods: a technical compendium, ISBN 92-5-103076-6, Rome