🇲🇷 Mauritania cuisine · #10
Bassi
Time60 min
Serves6
Ingredients4
Steamed millet couscous eaten with milk or with a meat sauce.
Ingredients
Method
- Moisten the millet.
- Steam twice.
- Toss with butter.
- Serve with milk and sugar or with stew.
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