Soaked gari

Name: Soaked gari
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 200 g food-grade ready-to-eat gari, already processed and toasted; 800 ml cold drinking water; 40 g sugar; 80 g plain roasted shelled unsalted peanuts

🥣 Ready-to-eat gari hydrated in cold water with sugar and roasted peanuts.

Ingredients

200 g food-grade ready-to-eat gari, already processed and toasted
800 ml cold drinking water
40 g sugar
80 g plain roasted shelled unsalted peanuts

Preparation

Check gari is food-grade ready to eat. Weigh ingredients and prepare 4 clean bowls. Remove any spoiled peanuts.

Divide sugar, 10 g per bowl. Add 200 ml cold water each and stir until dissolved.

Sprinkle 50 g gari into each bowl and stir gently to wet grains without crushing.

Hydrate about 5 minutes in refrigerator. Stir and check grains soft but still granular. Absorption varies with gari.

Add 20 g roasted peanuts to each and serve immediately. Reference: 10 minutes preparation, no cooking, 5 hydration, total 15 minutes. Made with water without milk or ice.