Hausa koko also known as spicy millet porridge, is a Ghanaian street food typically served in calabash and commonly eaten as a breakfast meal. It can also be taken in late afternoon as a snack. It is made from millet with a few local spices added to give it a particular taste and color. It is served with koose, boflot or roasted groundnut, bread
How to prepare hausa koko
Ingredients
- Millet soaked overnight
- Ground dried pepper
- Ginger
- Cloves
- 1 tin Milk
- salt
- sugar
Step by step
- Wash off the water used to soak the millet.
- Soak the cloves in water for about 10 minutes
- Wash and clean ginger and add to the millet
- Add the cloves to the millet too and pour the mixture into a blender.
- Add a small pinch of salt
- Blend till you obtain a smooth consistency. You can take the mixture to the mill for blending alternatively.
- Strain in a fine strainer.
- Blend the chaff and strain again.
- Heat water in a saucepan or cooking pot under medium heat.
- Set some of the boiled water aside.
- Pour the desired about of the blended content into the boiling water and stir till the colour changes to dark brown.
- You can add some of the water you set aside to dilute it if it’s thick
- Keep adding some of the blended mixture and stir together with the wooden spatula.
- Allow it to boil for few minutes and put the fire off.
- Add milk and sugar to taste
- Your Hausa Koko is ready for consumption.
