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Dégué

Name: Dégué
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mali
Ingredients: 100g Couscous; 400g Plain yogurt; 4 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Vanilla Extract; A pinch Nutmeg; 100ml Water

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Steamed millet grains mixed with yogurt and sugar — a cold Malian dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Dégué is a dessert eaten in Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and beyond: millet steamed into small grains is mixed with sweetened yogurt or fermented milk and chilled. It's sometimes flavored with vanilla or nutmeg. Sold in bags at markets and by the roadside, it's a snack for hot days.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a hot afternoon in Bamako, a roadside vendor empties chilled yogurt and grain dessert from a bag into a bowl and hands it to children.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Couscous 100g
Plain yogurt 400g
Sugar 4 tbsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Nutmeg A pinch
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Pour boiling water over the couscous, cover, and let steam 5 minutes.
Fluff with a fork and cool.
Mix the yogurt with the sugar and vanilla.
Add the couscous and mix.
Chill in the fridge and sprinkle with nutmeg.

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