🇬🇳 Guinean Cuisine

Bouillie de Fonio

Fonio Porridge

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 252 kcal

A warm, creamy breakfast porridge made from fonio grain sweetened with sugar and flavored with vanilla and citrus, a nourishing start to the Guinean day.

Ingredients

1 cup fonio grain
3 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Zest of 1 lime
Pinch of salt

Instructions

1 Wash fonio thoroughly in a fine sieve.
2 Bring water to a boil, add fonio and salt.
3 Stir continuously for 5 minutes until smooth and thick.
4 Add sugar, vanilla, and lime zest. Cook 3 more minutes.
5 Serve warm in bowls.

Did You Know?

Fonio porridge is traditionally the first solid food given to Guinean babies during weaning because it is gentle on the stomach and highly nutritious.