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Ablo

Name: Ablo
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 200g Rice flour; 50g Corn grits; 4g Dry yeast; 50g Sugar; 1 tsp Baking Powder; A pinch Salt; 250ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fermented rice and corn flour steamed into buns — Togo's sweet, fluffy steamed bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ablo is a steamed bread eaten in Togo and Benin: rice flour and maize meal are leavened with sugar and yeast and steamed in small molds or leaves. Gently sweet and fluffy, it's classically eaten with grilled fish or chicken and chili sauce, and is served at celebrations too.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a seaside stall in Lomé, small white steamed breads are piled up and plated with grilled fish and red chili sauce.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Rice flour 200g
Corn grits 50g
Dry yeast 4g
Sugar 50g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Salt A pinch
Water 250ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the rice flour, maize meal, yeast, sugar, and salt and add lukewarm water to make a loose batter.
Let ferment 2 hours until bubbly.
Mix in the baking powder.
Fill small molds or cups 70% full.
Steam for 20 minutes.

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