Hausa Spiced Porridge

Hausa Koko

Preparation info
  • Makes

    2 to 3

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baëta

Published 2015

  • About

Porridge is a popular Ghanaian breakfast. While the basic Koko is often made from finely ground white corn flour, there is a spiced version from the North called Hausa koko, which is classically made from fermented millet or sorghum, though it may also be made from fermented corn. In Ghana it is often made with early pearl millet. Millet flour may be purchased from an African market, or substitute millet available in health food or international mar