~299 cal · 9g protein · 53g carbs · 5g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Bowl of yogurt with millet pearls
🇲🇱 Bamako
Dèguè is the festive drink-pudding of Mali and the wider Sahel: tiny steamed millet couscous pearls stirred into sweetened, vanilla-and-nutmeg-scented yogurt or milk. Somewhere between a drink and a dessert, it is ladled cold from big bowls at weddings, baptisms, and Ramadan gatherings.
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Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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1.5 cups fine millet couscous
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4 cups plain yogurt
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 tsp vanilla
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1/4 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
1
Steam the millet couscous until tender and fluffy, then let it cool completely.
2
Whisk the yogurt with the sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg until smooth and sweet.
3
Fold the cooled millet pearls into the spiced yogurt.
4
Chill well and serve cold in cups or bowls with a spoon.
Malian celebration tradition.
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Bamako. The Niger-side capital where groundnut stew simmers all day.
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Mali. Where the Niger River feeds a groundnut-stew 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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