The dessert I'm sharing with you today is typical in several Central African countries, although it has a different name in each country. It's a rice pudding cooked in peanut milk.
It's called "Bouillie" in The Central African Republic, "Gari" in Cameroon, "Baca" in The Ivory Coast, and "Kapaserie" in Mali.
It's eaten as a dessert or for breakfast.
The dish is made with raw peanuts, which gives the dessert a green flavor. I think it would be better with roasted peanuts, but to stick to the traditional recipe, I used raw peanuts.
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of short grain rice (a cup).
- 150 grams raw peanuts.
- 100 grams of sugar.
Method:
1- First, we prepare the peanut milk. To do this, we'll soak the peanuts for 4 hours. The peanuts are soaked without their shells, and there's no need to remove the inner skin; it's easier to remove it after soaking.
2- We put the peeled peanuts in a blender, for one cup of peanuts we add two cups of water and blend.
3- We strain the milk using a cheesecloth and let the milk that comes out fall into a saucepan. We take the remaining peanut flour from the cheesecloth and put it back in the blender with two cups of water and repeat the process.
4- After straining again, you can keep the peanut flour left in the cloth to make, for example, a cake. It's delicious!
5- Now we cook the rice. For every cup of rice, add two cups of water. Let it cook uncovered, and once all the water has evaporated, add the peanut milk and sugar. Let it cook until it has a slightly thick consistency. Once you add the peanut milk, stir constantly because the rice can easily stick to the pan.
And there you have it, this African dessert.
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