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Akpan

Name: Akpan
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 60g Cornstarch; 200g Plain yogurt; 3 tbsp Sweetened condensed milk; 2 tbsp Sugar; 500ml Water; To taste Ice

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fermented corn starch paste dissolved in milk and sugar — Togo's cold drink.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Akpan is a drink made from fermented corn starch, loved in Togo and Benin. The set paste is dissolved with water, sugar, and condensed milk and drunk chilled with ice. Tangy like yogurt and thick, it's sold at markets as a hot-day drink.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a hot market in Lomé, thick white drink is packed into plastic bags with ice, and vendors walk about with trays on their heads.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Cornstarch 60g
Plain yogurt 200g
Sweetened condensed milk 3 tbsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
Water 500ml
Ice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Dissolve the cornstarch in 200ml water and heat, stirring, into a translucent paste.
Cool and mix in the yogurt.
Add the remaining water, condensed milk, and sugar and mix well.
Chill in the fridge.
Pour into glasses with ice.

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