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Churra Gerte

Name: Churra Gerte
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: The Gambia
Ingredients: 80g Rice; 4 tbsp Peanut butter; 400ml Milk; 400ml Water; 3 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Nutmeg; 20g Peanuts

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice and peanuts cooked in milk — The Gambia's sweet porridge.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Churra gerte means 'peanut porridge' in The Gambia: rice and peanut paste are cooked in water or milk and sweetened with sugar. Eaten for breakfast and to break the Ramadan fast, it's rich and gentle. It's sometimes scented with vanilla or nutmeg.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a morning in a Gambian home, crushed peanuts are scattered over steaming bowls of brown porridge.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 80g
Peanut butter 4 tbsp
Milk 400ml
Water 400ml
Sugar 3 tbsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Peanuts 20g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and simmer with water for 20 minutes.
Add the milk and warm through.
Stir in the peanut butter.
Add the sugar and simmer 10 minutes, stirring, until creamy.
Spoon into bowls and scatter with nutmeg and crushed peanuts.

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