🇬🇳 Guinean Cuisine

Fonio Jollof

Fonio Grain One-Pot

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 412 kcal

A nutritious and ancient grain dish where tiny fonio grains are cooked in a rich tomato and vegetable sauce, offering a lighter alternative to rice-based dishes.

Ingredients

2 cups fonio grain
3 tomatoes, blended
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
100g green beans, chopped
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 bouillon cube
Salt to taste
2.5 cups water

Instructions

1 Wash fonio thoroughly in a fine sieve under running water.
2 Heat oil and sauté onion until golden. Add tomato paste and cook 2 minutes.
3 Add blended tomatoes, carrots, and green beans. Cook 10 minutes.
4 Add water, bouillon cube, and salt. Bring to a boil.
5 Add washed fonio, stir once, cover and cook on very low heat for 15 minutes.
6 Fluff with a fork and serve.

Did You Know?

Fonio is called "the seed of the universe" by the Dogon people and is one of the oldest cultivated grains in Africa, pre-dating rice and wheat cultivation on the continent.