🇹🇬 Togolese Cuisine

Tchoukoutou

Millet Beer

Prep Time 4 days
Servings 8
Difficulty Hard
Calories 128 kcal

Traditional Togolese fermented millet beer with a cloudy, tangy flavor, lightly alcoholic and naturally carbonated.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Soak millet grains in water for 24 hours, drain and spread on banana leaves to germinate for 2 days.
  2. 2 Sun-dry the sprouted millet, then grind into a coarse flour.
  3. 3 Mix millet flour with water, cook into a thick porridge, let cool to room temperature.
  4. 4 Transfer to a large clay pot, add previous batch starter if available.
  5. 5 Ferment for 24-48 hours in a warm place until bubbly and sour.
  6. 6 Strain through a fine sieve, serve in calabash cups at room temperature.

Did You Know?

In northern Togo, tchoukoutou brewing is exclusively women's work, and a woman's brewing skill directly affects her social standing.