Grain Dessert · Sahel-Style
Dégué
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Dégué came to Ivory Coast from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso, where the same millet-and-sour-milk dessert is sold chilled in small plastic bags by street vendors.
Steamed fonio or millet grains are folded into sweetened, slightly sour curdled milk, served chilled as a snack or light dessert. It's a common sight at markets and after-school stalls across Ivory Coast's northern towns.
Why it's made this way: Fonio and dégué reflect Korhogo's place at the southern edge of the Sahel's grain-and-dairy food culture, distinct from the root-and-plantain-based cooking of forested southern Ivory Coast.
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