~135 cal · 1g protein · 34g carbs · 0g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Glass of pale ginger juice with ice
🇨🇮 Abidjan (Lagunes)
Gnamankoudji is the ginger juice of Côte d'Ivoire, blended raw and potent from a mountain of fresh ginger with pineapple and lime to round its heat. Sold ice-cold in little bottles on Abidjan streets, it clears the head and cools the body in one bracing, spicy gulp.
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Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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1 cup fresh ginger, peeled
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1/2 pineapple, chopped
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6 cups water
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2 lime
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3/4 cup sugar
Instructions
1
Blend the ginger and pineapple with 2 cups of the water until completely pulped.
2
Strain hard through a fine sieve or cloth, pressing to extract all the spicy juice.
3
Stir in the remaining water, lime juice, and sugar, tasting for the heat-and-sweet balance.
4
Chill thoroughly and serve very cold — it is meant to bite.
Abidjan street-vendor tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Abidjan (Lagunes). Lagoon city where alloco sizzles at every maquis.
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Côte d’Ivoire. West Africa’s plantain-and-attiéké heartland.
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Africa. Fifty-four countries of tagines, stews, and fire-kissed grills.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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