Bakourou

What is  Bakourou?

Bakourou is hard peanut butter sticks, that are very yummy and are eaten by people in Chad.

How is it made?

Mila (one of the ladies who lives with us and cooks food) has a Bakourou operation. There are many steps needed to make Bakourou:

1) Get peanuts

2) Peel all the peanuts (or make sure the shells are already off)

3) Put them in the sun for 2-3 days (or 1 day if it’s sunny the whole day)

4) Cook them over a hot fire with some sand for 5-6 minutes

5) Take off the red skin of the peanuts

6) Bring it to the mill

7) Add salt and water and turn for about 20-30 minutes

8) It becomes a paste

9) There is a separation of peanut oil and paste

10 Roll the paste into 15-20 cm snakes (1-2 cm in diameter)

11) Fry them in oil

12) Sell them at the market or in the home 50 CFA per bag

How is it eaten?

This may seem like a simple question, however Bakourou is very hard. Therefore if you are eating it by itself, you should use your back teeth. I have seen one of my cousins soak it in water to make it easier to eat. Another option is to buy some sugar and to crush the Bakourou with the sugar, creating a powder mixture that is delicious and much less difficult on the teeth.