Have you ever heard of sorghum flour? This indigenous African crop is a star when it comes to tackling food insecurity and climate change, being gluten-free, highly nutritious, drought-resilient, and able to grow in poor soils.
🤩 On this new episode of Taste Of Change, we welcome Tunisian Chef boutheina.b.salem, a renowned cultural preservationist and culinary curator who highlights Tunisian cuisine and its rituals, blending tradition with storytelling. She shared a recipe for traditional Tunisian Drô, made of sorghum flour—with a sweet twist!
TUNISIAN DRÔ
✔️ Ingredients
160 g (8 tbsp) sorghum flour
800 ml (4 glasses) water or milk
Sugar or honey, to taste
15 g (1 tbsp, not heaped) ginger powder
1 tbsp orange blossom water
Toppings
Crumbled halva
Pomegranate seeds
Toasted mixed nuts
📝 Method
1. In a saucepan, whisk sorghum flour with water (or milk) until smooth.
2. Place over medium heat and bring to a simmer, whisking constantly.
3. When it begins to thicken, add sugar or ho...