How to Make Maasa

rice flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

yeast

🥗Healthier: baking powder

💰Cheaper: sourdough starter

Baking powder provides a quicker rise.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey offers natural sweetness with additional flavor.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor and is less processed.

Wash the millet to remove any minor stones and dirt.

Soak the millet in fresh water overnight.

Mill the soaked millet into millet flour.

Boil a portion of the millet grains.

Mix the boiled millet grains into the millet flour with water to make a thick paste.

Beat the dough to ensure thorough mixing for fermentation.

Cover the paste and let it ferment overnight.

Deep fry the fermented millet dough in shea butter until golden and crispy.

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