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Latchiri Kossan — maize with cultured milk

Name: Latchiri Kossan — maize with cultured milk
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Guinea, West Africa
Ingredients: 1 kg maize flour, Not corn starch; for steaming; as needed water, For the steamer and moistening; as needed ready-made cultured milk, For serving; contains dairy; to taste salt, Optional savoury seasoning; to taste sugar, Optional sweet serving

Steamed maize couscous served with ready-made cultured milk; contains dairy.

Country

Guinea

Region

West Africa

Time

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Serves

Level

easy

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Prepare the steamer

Boil water below the upper basket. Line the basket with a clean, light steaming cloth and add maize flour above the water.

First steaming

Cover and steam about thirty minutes. Carefully lift the cloth into a bowl; replenish and reboil the steamer water.

Check after the first steam; maize needs another steaming 30:00

Moisten and loosen

Separate with a spoon, moisten lightly and rest ten minutes. Once safe to handle, loosen the granules.

Check and loosen the rested granules before steaming again 10:00

Second steaming

Steam again about thirty minutes, then repeat the moistening, ten-minute rest and loosening. Check softness; if firm, steam for a further 15 minutes, checking water below.

Check maize softness; further steaming may be needed 30:00

Serve with cultured milk

Fluff the maize and serve with ready-made cultured milk. Offer sugar or salt to taste.

Regional variations have not been documented for this adaptation.

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AI-generated serving illustration of loose pale maize couscous with white cultured milk in a shallow bowl. — AI-generated serving illustration of this attributed adaptation; not a kitchen-tested photograph. · AI-generated illustration

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