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Colourful Fonio Salad Recipe

A tasty and visually appealing salad made with Fonio
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time13 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: African
Keyword: fonio
Author: Edinam

Ingredients

  • 60 grams fonio
  • 200 ml water
  • ½ large cucumber
  • 1 small green pepper, bell pepper
  • 1 cob sweet corn
  • 1 medium half-ripe papaya
  • vinegar
  • 1 small red onion1
  • 1 stalk thyme
  • salt
  • garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp caramelised onions
  • black pepper
  • white pepper
  • tomatoes cherry or regular
  • garlic chives
  • spring onions
  • 1 tbsp agushi seeds
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds

Instructions

  • Boil water with thyme, garlic powder, and a pinch of salt.
  • Add fonio, reduce heat and cook for about 10 minutes. Fluff and leave to cool.
  • Boil sweet corn and leave it to cool.
  • Toast seeds separately for about 2 minutes each and set aside.
  • Cut off kernels from the sweet corn.
  • Add the onions and papaya into a bowl filled with vinegar for 5 minutes and then remove.
  • In a bowl, add fonio first making sure to fluff and break apart any bits which may have clumped together.
  • Add all ingredients to the fonio and mix thoroughly.
  • Add black pepper, white pepper, oil, salt, and some garlic powder to finish seasoning the salad.

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Notes

  1. You will know the fonio is cooked when the grains are soft and there is no hardness felt. This should take about 10 minutes.
  2. You can add your choice of protein (steak, shrimp, boiled eggs) to this salad.
  3. This salad does not necessarily need a dressing. Should you wish to do that however, that is fine.