🇸🇳 Senegalese Cuisine

Lakh

Millet Porridge with Yogurt

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 344 kcal

A warm, comforting millet porridge enriched with fermented milk or yogurt, sweetened with sugar, and scented with vanilla — Senegal's beloved breakfast.

Ingredients

2 cups millet couscous (thiacry)
2 cups fermented milk or yogurt
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup raisins
1 tbsp butter
Pinch of salt
2 cups water

Instructions

1 Steam millet couscous: moisten with salted water, steam 15 minutes, fluff, moisten again, steam 10 more minutes.
2 While hot, stir in butter until couscous grains are coated and separated.
3 Mix fermented milk or yogurt with sugar and vanilla.
4 Place warm couscous in bowls.
5 Pour sweetened milk over the couscous.
6 Top with raisins and serve warm or at room temperature.

Did You Know?

Lakh is the dish that unites all of Senegal at breakfast — from the humblest village to the fanciest Dakar apartment, morning begins with this porridge.