Fura/Fula |Millet Smoothie

Fura da nono is a very popular street food in the Northern parts of Nigeria and Ghana

Fura/Fula |Millet Smoothie

I will be showing you how to make fura from scratch. It has a balance of sweet, spicy and tangy taste which makes it unique. Many fulanis swear that it has a lot of health benefits.

Directions

Grind the millet grains. Add ginger powder, ground cayenne pepper, ground cloves, and black pepper to the millet flour, mix to combine.
In a large pan/pot boil some water to cook the fura in.
Add water gradually to the dry ingredients until it forms a solid ball of dough.
Cut dough to desire size and form into a ball, create a hole in the middle like a donut. The enables the dough cook through faster inside out.
Drop them into the boiling water and cook till done. This usually takes about an hour or more. The smaller balls cook faster.
When done, pound them immediately with mortar and pestle (or blender). Add a little of the water the dough was cooked in to soften it.
Once soft, grab a sizable amount and roll between both palms to form a ball.
Dust the fura with some millet or rice flour.
Fura is ready! Enjoy with chilled milk or yogurt. Mash the fura into the milk or yogurt to form a smoothie consistency. Don't forget to add sugar.

Ingredients:

3 cups Millet flour

1/4 cup Millet flour (for coating)

1 tbsp Ginger powder

1 tsp Cayenne Pepper

1/2 tsp ground Cloves

1/2 tsp ground black Pepper