🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissauan Cuisine

Cheré

Millet Couscous

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 378 kcal

Steamed millet couscous with a silky sour milk sauce and sugar — a beloved Fula breakfast that is equal parts nourishing and refreshing.

Ingredients

500g millet flour
500ml fermented sour milk (lait caillé)
3 tbsp sugar
1 pinch salt
Water for steaming
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

1 Moisten millet flour with a little water and rub between palms to form tiny granules.
2 Place granules in a couscoussier or steamer lined with muslin. Steam for 20 minutes.
3 Remove, break up clumps with a fork, and steam again for 10 minutes until fluffy.
4 Transfer to a large bowl. Pour cold sour milk over the couscous.
5 Sprinkle sugar on top and stir gently. Serve at room temperature.

Did You Know?

Cheré is the Fula community breakfast that fuels cattle herders across West Africa — light enough for the heat, sustaining enough for hours of walking.