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Fura (food)

{{short description|Hausa fulani food}}

{{Infobox food

|name=Fura

|image=Fura da nono.jpg

|caption=A Fulani woman preparing fura da nono

|country=Sahel

|region=West Africa

|served=Cold|main_ingredient=Millet

}}

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.{{Cite book|last=Abdulkareem|first=U. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fIy3DwAAQBAJ&dq=difference+between+Fura+balls+and+Fura+da+nono&pg=PA175|title=Diary of A Peasant Child |date=2019-10-24|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-0-359-97353-8}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11 |title=Relish The Fulani's fura|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/relish-the-fulanis-fura/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}} It is a millet dough ball, with "fura" meaning millet ball. It is also eaten in Niger and Ghana.{{Cite journal |last=Philips |first=John Edward |date=April 2008 |title=Mary Wren Bivins. Telling Stories, Making Histories: Women, Words, and Islam in Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate (Social History of Africa.) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr.113.2.620 |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=113 |issue=2 |pages=620 |doi=10.1086/ahr.113.2.620 |issn=0002-8762|url-access=subscription }} The millet is ground into a powdered form, rolled and molded into balls, then mashed and mixed with Nono - a fermented milk.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-02|title=How Super Falcon player started million dollar suya, fura da nunu business with 50usd in the US |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/11/how-super-falcon-player-started-million-dollar-suya-fura-da-nunu-business-with-50usd-in-the-us/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |title=Fura production |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Major-raw-materials-and-ingredients-used-for-fura-production-a_tbl2_12118524 |journal=ResearchGate}} The combination of fura and nono is known as Fura Da Nono, a locally-made drink that contains carbohydrate and fiber.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/fura-da-nono-save-yourself-some-money-learn-how-to-make-millet-cereal/f8vxhgy.amp |title=Fura da Nono: Save yourself some money, learn how to make millet cereal|website=www.puls.ng}} 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.{{Cite web|title=10 Amazing Health Benefits of Fura Da Nunu |url=https://www.publichealth.com.ng/the-amazing-health-benefits-of-fura-de-nunu/|access-date=2021-09-26 |website=www.publichealth.com.ng }}{{Cite web |first=Lere|last=Mohammed|date=2020-09-06 |title=Fura seller benefits from modernized processing |website=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/naija-fashion/412656-fura-seller-benefits-from-modernised-preparation-process.html|access-date=2022-07-06}}

Preparation

File:Ƴar Fulani tana saida fura.jpg

= Ingredients =

  • Ground millet or Guinea corn{{Cite web |date=2014-11-18 |title=Is fura da nono on the way out? |url=https://dailytrust.com/is-fura-da-nono-on-the-way-out |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Daily Trust |language=en}}
  • Ground peppers
  • Dried ground chili
  • Dried ground ginger
  • Ground cloves
  • Salt to taste{{cite web |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/lifestyle/food-travel/diy-recipe-how-to-prepare-fura-alkaline-african-smoothie/e55r2l5 |access-date=2021-09-26 |title=How to prepare 'Fura' (Alkaline African smoothie) |date=2016-05-06 |website=Pulse Ghana}}
  • Sugar

= Steps in preparation =

  1. The first thing is to wash the millet and remove the peels.
  2. Then it is dried and ground, along with Dried ginger, cloves, and chili pepper making it powdered form.
  3. Salt to taste is added to the mixture before it is poured into a mortar and pounded while water is sprinkled gradually to form a dough.{{Cite web |date=2015-05-08 |title=Homemade Fura Da Nono |url=https://9jafoodie.com/homemade-fura-da-nono/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=9jafoodie {{!}} Nigerian Food Recipes |language=en-US}}
  4. This is then molded into the desired shapes, usually ball shapes.
  5. The dough can also be poured into a bowl and covered with a leaf overnight for it to ferment.
  6. The balls are cooked in a pot, then pounded, and sprinkled with water again.
  7. The dough is pounded until it becomes very soft.
  8. The paste can then be shaped into balls.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title=Fura (Food): How To Prepare Nigerian Fura ~ Dee's Mealz |url=https://www.deesmealz.com/fura-food-how-to-prepare-nigerian-fura/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.deesmealz.com |language=en-us |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227094507/https://www.deesmealz.com/fura-food-how-to-prepare-nigerian-fura/ |url-status=dead }}
  9. It is dusted with millet or corn flour to prevent the fura from sticking together.

= Commercialization in Nigeria =

Fura, popularly known in Nigeria as Fura da Nono, which was once seen as a local meal, has gradually evolved into a growing enterprise that involves modernized processing methods and production.

References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite journal|last1=Joseph|first1=J. K.|last2=Belewu|first2=M. A.|last3=Omotuyi|first3=O. J.|date=1998-01-01|title=Acceptability and effect of mixing ratios on the quality attributes of 'Fura-de-Nono': A Nigerian milk product|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329397000116|journal=Food Quality and Preference|language=en|volume=9|issue=1|pages=1–4|doi=10.1016/S0950-3293(97)00011-6|issn=0950-3293|url-access=subscription}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Atanda|first1=O. O.|last2=Ikenebomeh|first2=M. J.|date=1988|title=Changes in the acidity and lactic acid content of 'Nono', a Nigerian cultured milk product|url=https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1472-765X.1988.tb01233.x|journal=Letters in Applied Microbiology|language=en|volume=6|issue=6|pages=137–138|doi=10.1111/j.1472-765X.1988.tb01233.x|s2cid=83950937|issn=1472-765X|url-access=subscription}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Adebesin|first1=A. A.|last2=Amusa|first2=N. A.|last3=Fagade|first3=S. O.|date=2001-03-01|title=Microbiological quality of locally fermented milk (nono) and fermented milk-cereal mixture (fura da nono) drink in Bauchi, a Nigerian city|url=http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jfta/article/view/19295|journal=Journal of Food Technology in Africa|volume=6|issue=3|doi=10.4314/jfta.v6i3.19295|issn=1028-6098|hdl=1807/2964|hdl-access=free}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOfFv4C-n0 Video: Making Fura at Home]

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