KUNU (AFRICA MULTIN

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kUNU , popularly known as Africa multina , is a common juice taking in the northern part of Nigeria. It is made from guinea corn , dry potatoe and dry germinated rice as the major incredient. Because of the harsh weather in the notth, it is almost taking by everyone expecially when cold to caution the effects of heat .It can also be taken with snacks as a close substitute to minerals and is cheaper

The guinea corn is first washed to remove stones and other dirt. It is either soaked directly for a manimum of six hours or the grains are crushed into smaller sizes before soaking for about thirty minutes. All these is to soften the grains for easy and smooth final grinding.

After the final grinding, it is mixed with little water to make it more pastier and it is share into different bowl depending on the quantity

Water is heater to boiling point and poured into it and stir after few minutes. just as we use to make pap.

The dry potatoe and germinated rice are used as sweetener . They are first pounded using mortar and pestle to reduced the size of the grains before taking it for final grinding. Water is also added during the grinding process. And the paste is added and stir immediately.

It is allowed to ferment for about ten hours before fittering using a sieve . water can then be added depending on how thick you need it. Though , some people still add sugar.