Everyday meals

Sossa

Maize paste cooked by steaming or boiling, firm and lightly sweet, eaten as a side dish or at breakfast. It is very common in southern Beninese families.

35 min
4 servings
Easy
Budget-friendly
🇧🇯 Benin

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Ingredients

300 g Maize flour
1 l Water
1 tsp Salt
3 tbsp Sugar

Spices & seasoning

Pinch of salt

Optional extras

1 tbsp Sweetened condensed milk

On the side

Tomato or peanut sauce

Nutrition facts

310 kcal per serving

Protein: 4.7 g
Carbohydrates: 68.3 g
of which sugars: 10.2 g
Fat: 1.6 g
of which saturated fat: 0.2 g
Fiber: 1.9 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Dissolve the maize flour in 300 ml of cold water until you have a smooth paste.
Bring the rest of the water to the boil with the salt and sugar in a saucepan.
Pour the dissolved paste into the boiling water, stirring vigorously to avoid lumps.
Cook over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring, until the texture is smooth and firm and pulls away from the sides.
Shape into balls with a wet spoon and serve warm with the sauce of your choice.