World Cuisines

Foutti

Guinea

The mixed bowl of the Fouta: foutti — a hearty dish of rice or fonio with okra, eggplant and a tomato-fish sauce, pounded and mixed (foutti means 'mixed') in Peul tradition. Ingredients: fonio or rice, okra, eggplants, tomatoes, smoked fish, onions, chiles, oil, dried baobab leaf (in some homes).

What it is

The mixed bowl of the Fouta: foutti — a hearty dish of rice or fonio with okra, eggplant and a tomato-fish sauce, pounded and mixed (foutti means 'mixed') in Peul tradition. Ingredients: fonio or rice, okra, eggplants, tomatoes, smoked fish, onions, chiles, oil, dried baobab leaf (in some homes). Recipe: 1) Cook the fonio or rice. 2) Simmer vegetables and fish in a tomato sauce. 3) Combine and mix thoroughly (the name is the method). 4) Serve in a communal bowl. Serve: in the Fouta Djallon highlands' homes. Flavor: tangy, smoky, textured. History: foutti is the Peul highlands' practical poetry — everything the garden gives, in one bowl. See also: Konkoé (Smoked Fish Sauce), Sauce Feuille.

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