Bogobe

Bogobe

Ingredients
sorghum: 300 6
water: 1.5 to 1.8

Dish Type: Side Dish

Country: Botswana
Cooking Time (minutes): advanced (over night)
Steps
1. For fermented Bogobe (motogo-wa-ting or ting), mix starter with dry sorghum meal.
2. Add 250 to 300 ml lukewarm water and stir to make a slurry.
3. Cover and allow to ferment for 24 hours.
4. Boil 1.500 ml water.
5. Add fermented meal to the boiling water.Stir frequently.
6. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes.
7. For non-fermented Bogobe (Mosokwana):
8. Boil about 1 l water.
9. Add about 250 g sorghum meal to boiling water, stirring frequently.
10. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes.

Comments
Motogo-wa-ting is normally consumed with meat and vegetables in the morning or in the evening. Mosokwana is generally eaten at lunch with meat and vegetables. Bogobe with medium to coarse texture is preferred. Dark colour of the product resulting from grain pigments is not acceptable.

Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1995), Sorghum and millets in human nutrition, ISBN 92-5-103381-1, Rome