Fura or doonu is a type of food originating from West Africa's Sahel region and that is popular among the Zarma-Songhai, Fulani and Hausa peoples of the Sahel.[1][2] It is a millet dough ball, with "fura" meaning millet ball. It is also eaten in Niger and Ghana.[3] Certainly, the making of the classic dish, fura da nono (seasoned, boiled millet balls served with sour milk), represents such a blending of food resources and styles of cuisine. This suggests that a transfer of the cuisine of fura served with sour ...[4] The millet is ground into a powdered form, rolled and molded into balls, then mashed and mixed with Nono - a fermented milk.[5][6] The combination of fura and nono is known as Fura Da Nono, a locally-made[where?] drink that contains carbohydrate and fiber.[7] The fura food and the fura da nono drink are popular in Northern Nigeria. They are served on special occasions and as a meal in the afternoon.[8][9]
9. It is dusted with millet or corn flour to prevent the fura from sticking together.[11]
Commercialization in Nigeriaedit
Fura, popularly known in Nigeria as Fura de Nunu, which was once seen as a local meal, has gradually evolved into a growing enterprise that involves modernized processing methods and production.[9]
Referencesedit
^Abdulkareem, U. D. (2019-10-24). Diary of A Peasant Child. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-359-97353-8. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^"Relish The Fulani's fura". Tribune Online. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^Philips, John Edward (April 2008). "Mary Wren Bivins. Telling Stories, Making Histories: Women, Words, and Islam in Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate (Social History of Africa.)". The American Historical Review. 113 (2): 620. doi:10.1086/ahr.113.2.620. ISSN 0002-8762.
^Abdulkareem, U. D. (2019-10-24). Diary of A Peasant Child. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-359-97353-8. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^"How Super Falcon player started million dollar suya, fura da nunu business with 50usd in the US". Vanguard News. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
^"Fura (Food): How To Prepare Nigerian Fura ~ Dee's Mealz". www.deesmealz.com. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
Further readingedit
Joseph, J. K.; Belewu, M. A.; Omotuyi, O. J. (1998-01-01). "Acceptability and effect of mixing ratios on the quality attributes of 'Fura-de-Nono': A Nigerian milk product". Food Quality and Preference. 9 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1016/S0950-3293(97)00011-6. ISSN 0950-3293.
Atanda, O. O.; Ikenebomeh, M. J. (1988). "Changes in the acidity and lactic acid content of 'Nono', a Nigerian cultured milk product". Letters in Applied Microbiology. 6 (6): 137–138. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.1988.tb01233.x. ISSN 1472-765X. S2CID 83950937.
Adebesin, A. A.; Amusa, N. A.; Fagade, S. O. (2001-03-01). "Microbiological quality of locally fermented milk (nono) and fermented milk-cereal mixture (fura da nono) drink in Bauchi, a Nigerian city". Journal of Food Technology in Africa. 6 (3). doi:10.4314/jfta.v6i3.19295. hdl:1807/2964. ISSN 1028-6098.