How To Make Sorghum Swallow

Welcome to my blog, today I share with you how to make sorghum swallow.

This food has become popular because more Nigerians continue to embrace healthier options of swallow meals for dinner, hence the use of sorghum.

Sorghum swallow is an innovative Nigerian swallow enjoyed as a substitute for Nigeria’s carbohydrate rich swallow foods such as pounded yam, fufu, semovita and many more.

This meal is easy to make and you only need two (2) ingredients.

Ingredients for sorghum swallow

Red sorghum grains
Water

Pour the sorghum grains in a big tray
Remove the stones – most locally processed sorghum grains have stones and dirt because of the dried process
Toss the grains up and down and blow off the shells of the sorghum
Grind the grains to powder/flour
Sieve the flour with a thin mesh to remove lumps or grains that were not well grinded
Place a pot on the cooker
Add enough water to make the quantity of swallow in mind – to get the quantity right, you may want to start small first.
Cover the pot and allow the water boil
Turn down the cooking heat when the water starts boiling
Get omorogun also known as turning stick or wooden spatula in english
Gently pour the sorghum flour into the hot water while mixing immediately
At the initial stage, what looks like lumps may begin to appear but continue mixing and adding more flour.
Do this till the required thickness is achieved just like in the video attached below.
Put the serving spoon into a bowl of water
Use the spoon to scrape the swallow attached to the omorogun into the pot
Also use the spoon to push down the swallow on the sides of the pot into the pot
Add about 1/4 to 1 cup of water to the sides to the swallow – depending on the quantity of swallow made and how soft you want it to be .
Gently lift it up on the sides so that the water will get to the bottom of the pot
Cover the pot and cook for 2-3 minutes on low heat
After 2 minutes, mix the swallow very well till it becomes silky.