Futari — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

Dense steamed balls of millet flour served in a pool of groundnut sauce or sour milk, a traditional Fula staple eaten by hand across rural Gambia.

Ingredients

1 Bring two cups of water to a boil in a large pot.
2 Gradually add millet flour while stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon to prevent lumps.
3 Continue stirring and cooking for fifteen minutes until the mixture is very thick and pulls away from the sides.
4 Wet your hands and shape the hot millet dough into smooth balls the size of a fist.
5 Prepare the sauce by thinning groundnut paste with warm water and adding salt.
6 Serve the millet balls in a bowl, ladle groundnut sauce or sour milk over them. Eat by pinching pieces with the right hand.

Did You Know?

In Fula tradition, the ability to make perfectly smooth futari without any lumps is considered an essential skill for marriage readiness.