🇳🇪 Nigerien Cuisine

Boule de Mil

Millet Ball Porridge

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 303 kcal

Dense, smooth balls of cooked millet dough served in a pool of fermented milk or sauce, a fundamental Nigerien comfort food.

Ingredients

2 cups millet flour
4 cups water
Pinch of salt

Instructions

1 Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a heavy pot.
2 Mix millet flour with 1 cup cold water to make a smooth slurry.
3 Pour slurry into boiling water while stirring vigorously with a wooden stick.
4 Reduce heat and continue stirring for 15 minutes as the mixture becomes very thick.
5 The tuwo is ready when it pulls away from the sides of the pot cleanly.
6 Wet a bowl, scoop tuwo and mold into smooth balls. Serve with soup or fermented milk.

Did You Know?

In Zarma culture, the evening meal of boule de mil with sauce is so central to daily life that the word for dinner literally translates to "the millet."