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The best iftar recipes from Burkina Faso! The team from GoodVision in Burkina Faso, West Africa, shares the best recipes for breaking the fast with us. Ramadan Kareem!

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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups millet
  • 4 cups yogurt
  • sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How it works: 

  • Wash the millet, cover with water and cook until soft
  • Drain the water and leave the millet to cool
  • Mix the millet grains with the yoghurt in a bowl
  • Add sugar and vanilla to taste
  • Place in the fridge for a few hours before serving

Tastes particularly good with fresh berries, red fruit jelly, fresh figs or dates.

Bon appetit!

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