Fura/Fula |Millet Smoothie

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I will be showing you how to make fura from scratch. It has a balance of sweet, spicy and tangy taste which makes it unique. Many fulanis swear that it has a lot of health benefits. 

Directions 

• Grind the millet grains. Add ginger powder, ground cayenne pepper, ground cloves, and black pepper to the millet flour, mix to combine. 
• In a large pan/pot boil some water to cook the fura in. 
• Add water gradually to the dry ingredients until it forms a solid ball of dough.  
• Cut dough to desire size and form into a ball, create a hole in the middle like a donut. The enables the dough cook through faster inside out. 
• Drop them into the boiling water and cook till done. This usually takes about an hour or more. The smaller balls cook faster. 
• When done, pound them immediately with mortar and pestle (or blender). Add a little of the water the dough was cooked in to soften it. 
• Once soft, grab a sizable amount and roll between both palms to form a ball. 
• Dust the fura with some millet or rice flour. 
• Fura is ready! Enjoy with chilled milk or yogurt. Mash the fura into the milk or yogurt to form a smoothie consistency. Don't forget to add sugar.

Ingredients:  

 3 cups Millet flour   

1/4 cup Millet flour (for coating)   

1 tbsp Ginger powder   

1 tsp Cayenne Pepper  

 1/2 tsp ground Cloves   

1/2 tsp ground black Pepper