Patey/Acha (Fonio grain porridge)
Patey/Acha (Fonio grain porridge)

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, patey/acha (fonio grain porridge). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Patey/Acha (Fonio grain porridge) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Patey/Acha (Fonio grain porridge) is something which I have loved my entire life.

Fonio grain is an essential grain in much of the Western Sahel region and in Northern Nigeria, where it is locally called Acha (i'll be using both names interchangeably). It is also predominant in West African countries like Senegal, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire. Other names by which this grain is known.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have patey/acha (fonio grain porridge) using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Patey/Acha (Fonio grain porridge):
  1. Make ready Pepper (sliced)
  2. Take Onions (chopped)
  3. Prepare Green vegetable (aleho)
  4. Get Iru (locust bean)
  5. Make ready Dried fish
  6. Get Brisket bone
  7. Prepare Vegetable oil
  8. Take Bitter garden egg (sliced)
  9. Get Salt/seasoning

Not only that, but it's believed to be one of the oldest African cereal grains in existence. Pate acha also called pete acha, tere, gote or gwete is a Nigerian dish from the northern part of Nigeria. It is made from ground corn, rice or acha. Acha (fonio) is especially good for diabetics.

Steps to make Patey/Acha (Fonio grain porridge):
  1. Put the Acha in a bowl, add lot of water and wash thoroughly to remove sand. Set aside.
  2. In a pot, add the brisket bone and dried fish, add salt/seasoning,add water (as required), add the pepper, little vegetable oil, cover and allow to boil.
  3. Add the cut, washed green vegetables (aleho) and stir, cover and allow to boil finally. Do not allow water to dry off completely, the meal has to be moist.
  4. Your Patey is ready… Enjoy!!

Can be taken as swallow, used to bake, make pancakes, cooked as purée for your babies with other natural spices and minced meat. Although new to the Western world, fonio has been eaten for With a subtle, earthy flavor fonio is a crowd pleaser suitable for any meal. Fonio grains are only slightly larger than teff, the smallest grain on the planet, but this.. The major traditional foods from the grain are: thick (tuwo) and thin (kuku), porridge, steamed product (burabusko or couscous). You are not loosing out in most foods because you have a healthier flour in making different recipes.

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