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African Health Drinks

Diversity in recipes among communities is good because recommendations can be made in terms of nutrition. African healthy drinks are characterised by high diversity and play an important role in traditional diets in rural and urban areas. Wari Wombeke (finger millet brew) Ingredients 2 kg finger millet flour (germinated flour) 2 kg ripe banana  2 litres of water Procedure Peel, mash, boil the ripe banana with 2 litres of water until well cooked (colour change to pinkish red) Pour in a wooden drum and leave for 3-4 days on fermentation process Add 3 litres of water into the fermented ripe banana and leave for 12 hours Prepare finger millet porridge and cool for more than 6 hours Strain the fermented ripe banana and put into a clean wooden drum (at least 7-8 hours) Add finger millet porridge and stir well than leave for overnight to ferment Taste and serve early in the morning Variation Add the dried bark of quinine to stimulate and add taste Serve as...