🇸🇸 South Sudanese Cuisine

Dura Porridge

Thin Sorghum Porridge

Prep Time 15 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 182 kcal

A light, drinkable sorghum porridge sweetened with sugar, served warm as a nourishing breakfast or given to the sick and elderly for gentle sustenance.

Ingredients

1 cup sorghum flour
4 cups water
2 tbsp sugar
Pinch of salt
Lemon juice (optional)

Instructions

1 Mix sorghum flour with 1 cup cold water to form a smooth paste.
2 Bring remaining water to a boil.
3 Slowly pour paste into boiling water, stirring continuously.
4 Cook 8-10 minutes until thickened to drinkable consistency.
5 Add sugar, salt, and optional lemon juice.
6 Serve warm in cups.

Did You Know?

Madida is the first food South Sudanese babies taste after breast milk, beginning a lifelong relationship with sorghum.