Senegalese grocery online: from thiéré to bissap
Thiéboudienne, mafé, yassa chicken, thiakry for dessert: Senegalese cooking relies on a few products you always keep in the cupboard. Here you will find them under their real names, from millet in all its forms to the nététou that gives sauces their depth.
On this shelf
- TANTIE thiéré lalo, the fine-grain millet couscous, and TANTIE sankhal, the cracked millet for lakh and porridges.
- TANTIE thiakry: the millet semolina for the curdled-milk dessert, called dégué in Mali.
- NUMBER ONE soumbara (nététou): fermented néré seeds; half a spoonful is enough for a thiéboudienne or a mafé.
- ORCHIDÉE twice-broken rice: the broken grain that soaks up the thiéboudienne sauce, with DIEG BOU DIAR double tomato paste.
- TANTIE red bissap and TANTIE baobab powder: the hibiscus flowers for bissap juice and the fruit pulp for bouye juice.
- BÉGUÉ ginger sweets: made in Dakar, sweet first, then spicy.
Recipes and kits to go with it
Our kits bring together the grocery part of a recipe; the meat, fish and vegetables you pick up at the market: thiéboudienne, mafé, yassa chicken and, for a drink, homemade bissap.
Step-by-step recipes are on the blog: thiéboudienne, yassa chicken, beef mafé, thiakry and bouye juice.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between thiéré, sankhal and thiakry?
All three are millet, worked in different ways. Thiéré is rolled into fine beads for couscous, sankhal is cracked into grits for porridges such as lakh, and thiakry, with larger grains, is used for the curdled-milk dessert.
Nététou, soumbala, soumbara: is it the same product?
Yes: fermented néré seeds, dried and then ground. Senegalese cooks say nététou, Malians soumbala. Its smell is powerful and its taste deep, so you use it by the half spoonful.
Where can I buy Senegalese products online?
Right here, on nkosiagro.com. We prepare your parcel in Rungis within 24 to 72 hours; it then arrives in 2 to 3 working days in France and in 3 to 4 working days in the ten other European countries we deliver to, including Ireland, Belgium and Switzerland. In France, delivery is free to a pickup point from €39 and to your home from €69.
