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Motoho

Name: Motoho
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lesotho
Ingredients: 100g Rice flour; 3 tbsp Yogurt; 700ml Water; 2 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Salt

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fermented sorghum flour cooked into porridge — Lesotho's sour porridge.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Motoho is a porridge of sorghum flour mixed with water, fermented until sour, then cooked. In Lesotho it's eaten for breakfast or as a snack, sweetened with sugar. With a refreshing fermented tang, it's gentle on the stomach.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Lesotho home in the morning, a pot on the fire gives off a fresh, tangy aroma as sugar is sprinkled over porridge in bowls.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice flour 100g
Yogurt 3 tbsp
Water 700ml
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the rice flour with 200ml water and stir in the yogurt.
Bring the remaining water and salt to a boil in a pot.
Add the flour mixture while stirring.
Cook on low for 15 minutes, stirring, until thick.
Add sugar and pour into bowls.

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