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Thiakry

Name: Thiakry
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Senegal
Ingredients: 150g Couscous; 400g Plain yogurt; 100ml Milk; 4 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Vanilla Extract; A pinch Nutmeg; 2 tbsp Raisins

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Grains of millet tossed in sweet yogurt and scented with nutmeg and vanilla — a cold Senegalese dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Thiakry is a dessert of steamed millet grains mixed with sweetened yogurt or cream. Flavored with nutmeg, vanilla, and raisins, it's eaten chilled. Popular after sunset during Ramadan, at celebrations, and as a snack on hot days, it's refreshing with the tang of yogurt and its grainy texture.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a hot afternoon, thiakry taken from the fridge is poured into glasses and handed to the family cooling off on the porch.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Couscous 150g
Plain yogurt 400g
Milk 100ml
Sugar 4 tbsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Nutmeg A pinch
Raisins 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Pour an equal volume of boiling water over the couscous, cover, let steam 5 minutes, fluff with a fork, and cool.
Mix the yogurt with the milk, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg until smooth.
Add the couscous to the yogurt and mix.
Add the raisins.
Chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
Spoon into glasses and sprinkle with a little nutmeg.

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