Most meals are based on a kind of porridge with a sauce. The main foods eaten by a moderately well-off family living in Mali's capital, Bamako, are rice, millet, sorghum, and beans, cooked as a sort of porridge, served with a meat or fish sauce. A common meal in southern Mali is called t , a pudding made from pounded millet, served with a sauce of meat or vegetables. In the north, the Songhay and Touareg make thick doughy pancakes served with wild leaves. T is also popular in Burkina Faso.
Girls learn to prepare food and cook from their mothers, from an early age.
Find out how to make tasty Sesame seed and honey sticks, see what a Bamako family sits down to eat for Sunday lunch, and learn about Mali's tea ceremony. I then peel the potato and fry it in the oil with the fish. Then I pound black pepper and garlic together and add it to the pot. I bought all the ingredients this morning. We go to the market each day.