Festive Couscous · New Year Specialty
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It's studded with raisins and dates alongside meatballs and vegetables, giving a savory couscous an unexpected sweetness.
Steamed millet couscous is piled with a simmered sauce of small meatballs (diaguas), chickpeas, white beans, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, raisins and dates. It's a specialty of the Sine-Saloum region, especially around Fatick, traditionally cooked in large batches for the Tamkharit new year feast.
Why it's made this way: The dish is closely tied to the Sine-Saloum region and to Tamkharit, the Muslim new year, when families cook it in bulk to share with neighbors regardless of means.
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