Aklui zogbon

🥣 Lightly sweetened warm fermented maize granule porridge.

Ingredients

• 160 g plain dry food-grade commercial prepared fermented maize aklui granules requiring cooking
• 1.2 litre drinking water
• 40 g sugar
• 5 g washed fresh culinary lemongrass leaves

Preparation

Check dry food-grade plain fermented maize aklui requiring cooking and read package timing. Measure water and sugar and prepare heavy pan.

Bring water to boil with washed culinary lemongrass leaves. Simmer 5 minutes then remove leaves completely with clean tongs.

Sprinkle granules into simmering water stirring gently to avoid clumps. Return to gentle simmer.

Cook about 15 minutes stirring regularly or longer if package requires. Grains must be tender at centre and porridge still fluid. Add a little measured hot water only if needed.

Dissolve sugar, cool 5 minutes and divide into 4 bowls. Reference: 10 minutes preparation, 25 cooking including heating and infusion, 5 resting, total 40 minutes. No milk or peanuts added.