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Zrig

Name: Zrig
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mauritania
Ingredients: 300g Plain yogurt; 300ml Water; 3 tbsp Sugar; To taste Ice

Dessert

⏱ 10 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Yogurt thinned with water and sugar and chilled — a drink of Mauritania's nomads.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Zrig is a traditional drink of Mauritanian nomads: fermented camel or goat milk is thinned with water and sugar and whipped frothy. In hot desert life it's an important source of fluids and nourishment, and guests are first welcomed with a big bowl of zrig.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Inside a tent in the Mauritanian desert, a big wooden bowl of white frothy drink is passed among the guests.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plain yogurt 300g
Water 300ml
Sugar 3 tbsp
Ice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the yogurt in a bowl.
Add the water and sugar.
Whisk well until frothy.
Chill in the fridge.
Pour into a bowl with ice.

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