DAKAR CURRY FONIO PILAF: Ancient West African Grain

"The Market" Curry + Currants Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is a multicultural crossroads that has always welcomed immigrants and adopted culinary traditions and ingredients from afar. That includes curry! The Senegalese take is mild with an emphasis on warm turmeric, and our Dakar Curry Fonio Pilaf is punctuated with sweet currants. Grown and revered across West Africa for over 5,000 years, fonio is gluten-free, nutritionally dense, rich in important minerals and amino acids, and has a low glycemic index. Fonio is a gluten-free, quick cooking, versatile grain that has been grown and revered across West Africa for over 5,000 years.The grain is tiny when raw but expands over 4x when cooked. this pilaf is light and fluffy and is especially good with grilled fish or chicken, with salads and vegetables, or in a veggie burger. ABOUT YOLÉLÉ Yolélé was founded in 2017 to create economic opportunity for smallholder farming communities; to support biodiverse, regenerative, and resilient food