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Best recipe of Kunu drink you should taste

It has different names: Kunu drink, Kunu, Kunnu, Kunu zaki or Kununzaki. It is extremely popular in the North of Nigeria, most notably thanks to its pleasant sweet taste and special spicy nutty flavor. Do you know how to make Kunu drink? Keep reading to know the best recipe of Kunu drink.

How to make kunu drink?

You can prepare this drink with millet, rice, grain, maize or sorghum. Depending of the main ingredient, it has different names: the drink prepared with rice is called Kunu gyada; the drink made with millet has the name Kunu zaki. This drink has many nutritional benefits, especially thanks to lingnam – a special polynutrient, proteins, vitamin B, and carbohydrates.

How to make kunu drink?

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Well, how to prepare Kunu drink?

Actually, it is very easy to make it. Be patient because to prepare the drink you will need from one to two days, because the fermentation process must be triggered by water.

Kunu drink recipe

Components
Millet- three cups;
Water – 2 l.;
Sweet potato – a half;
2 average gingers;
Cloves – one tbsp;
Sugar to taste.

How to make kunu drink?

Preparation method

Clean millets from unnecessary elements as stones, for example.
Pour water to a bowl, after add millets, if there still are stones or send, all they will remain on the bottom of the bowl. Pour the millets with water carefully to another bowl, leaving dregs on the bottom.
Leave the

millet in chill water for the night.

Сut very small cloves, ginger, and sweet potato.

Mix soaked millets, chopped ginger, sweet potato and cloves, place into blender and blend all the components together.

Divide the made mixture into 2 equal parts. You will need one part a bit later.

Add boiling water to one of the separated parts of the mixture and stir thoroughly. Now this uncovered mixture need to chill.

Now it is a high time for the second part of the separated paste, pour it with water, stir thoroughly, and leave for overnight. It should be a little bit watery.

In the morning or at noon you need to filter it and add sugar, depending on your taste.

The drink should be served chilled, so put it into a fridge for a while.

Benefits of Kunu drink:

helps in cancer prevention;
lowers the risk of diabetes;
is highly beneficial in heart diseases treatment;
is advised during the menopause due to the relaxation influence on the muscles;
ginger as a component of this Kunu drink helps to overcome motion sickness, nausea, and lack of appetite;
increases the milk flow, so it is advisable for lactating mothers;
decreases the level of cholesterol and as a result lowers the possibility of blood clots formation;
positively influences the digestive organs thanks to the content of ginger;
prevents rheumatoid arthritis;
sweet potatoes with high content of vitamin A raise the blood level;
magnesium and potassium control the blood level sugar and strengthen heart.