Thiakry
Thiakry, from above
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Thiakry

Millet grains folded into sweet, tangy yoghurt with nutmeg and vanilla. Dakar's cool dessert.

30 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
Dégué2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayMillet grains, sweet yoghurt, vanilla, nutmeg and raisins.
The original
308kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
30minutessame

Classic thiakry.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Couscous1¼ cups millet thiakry grains (arraw), or fine couscous
Waterto steam the grains
Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)2 cups plain yoghurt
Condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk)⅓ cup
Sugar3 tbsp
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp
Nutmega few gratings
Raisins¼ cup

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Steam the grains over boiling water, or hydrate with hot water, then fluff and cool.
  2. 2Whisk yoghurt, condensed milk, sugar, vanilla and nutmeg until smooth.
  3. 3Fold the grains and raisins into the yoghurt and chill at least an hour.
Serve it like this

Serve chilled in glasses or bowls with a grating of nutmeg on top and a few raisins.

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