Couscous
Bassi Salté
Basi salte
Senegal
Steamed millet couscous served under a lamb and vegetable stew with raisins and chickpeas.
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What it is
A closer look at Bassi Salté.
Steamed millet couscous served under a lamb and vegetable stew with raisins and chickpeas.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
Millet, not wheat — the grain is grey-brown and nuttier than North African couscous. A festival and Friday dish.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Bassi Salté.
Names around the table
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Côte d'Ivoire
Attiéké
Cassava peeled, grated, fermented for a day with a starter of older mash, pressed dry, sieved into granules and steamed into a light couscous.
Mali
Sarakolé Millet Couscous
Bassi
A millet couscous from the Sarakolé (Soninke) people of the Kayes region; made with millet couscous, baobab leaf powder, tomato sauce, milk, and peanut; listed in the Mali tourism document as a regional specialty; a hearty, nutritious dish that reflects the agricultural traditions of western Mali; served at family gatherings.
Mauritania
Cherchem
Millet cooked with a savoury vegetable sauce of tomatoes, carrots, sweet potato, bell pepper, and spices; a one-pot millet dish eaten across Mauritania, simpler than ngomou but a daily staple in the south and central regions.
The Gambia
Chereh Millet Couscous
Chereh
Steamed pearl-millet couscous served beneath a sauce of greens, okra, peanuts, dried fish, and sometimes beef or chicken.
Algeria
Couscous
كسكس
Steamed semolina granules served with vegetables, pulses, meat, or fish; couscous has distinct preparations across North Africa.
Libya
Couscous Bil Bosla
Libyan couscous steamed with onions (bosla), tomatoes, and spices, served with a rich meat or vegetable sauce.
Libya
Couscous Bil Hoot
Libyan fish couscous: couscous steamed and served with a tomato and pepper sauce over whole fish.
Western Sahara
Couscous Khoumassi
Multi-grain couscous made from five cereals: soft wheat (30-35%), durum wheat (20-25%), barley (20-25%), roasted barley (10-17%), and roasted maize (1-3%); an IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée) product of the Saharan regions; a Slow Food Ark of Taste product; produced by 15 cooperatives.