LakhSweet Millet Porridge

Name: Lakh (Sweet Millet Porridge)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mauritania
Ingredients: 220 g Millet (rinsed); 900 ml Water; 350 ml Whole Milk; 60 g White Sugar; 3 g Cinnamon Powder; 2 g Salt

A smooth sweet millet porridge flavored with milk and cardamom. Similar porridges are prepared across the Sahel with household variations in thickness and sweetness.

Prep

10m

Cook

30m

Serves

Estimated

Nutrition

Per serving

323kcal

Calories

Protein

Fat

60g

Carbs

Estimated per serving from the base recipe. Actual nutrition may vary.

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Ingredients

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Porridge

220g
Millet (rinsed)
900ml
Water

Milk

350ml
Whole Milk

Porridge

60g
White Sugar

Milk

3g
Cinnamon Powder

Porridge

2g
Salt

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Method

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5 steps

01
Bring the water to a boil, then stir in the millet and salt.
02
Lower the heat and cook gently, stirring from time to time, until the millet is very tender and the mixture is thick.
03
Stir the white sugar into the porridge until dissolved.
04
Warm the whole milk gently and stir in the cinnamon powder.
05
Serve the porridge hot with the warm milk spooned over or alongside.

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