World Flavors Cookbook

Marissa (Sorghum Beer)

A traditional fermented sorghum beer, slightly sour and mildly alcoholic, brewed by women in rural Sudan.

Cuisine: Sudan

Ingredients

• 2 cups sorghum grain
• 5 cups water
• Malt (sprouted sorghum)
• Fermentation starter

Instructions

1. Germinate sorghum by soaking and letting it sprout for 2-3 days.
2. Dry and grind into malt powder.
3. Mix malt with water, add starter and let ferment for 2-3 days.
4. Strain and serve chilled in gourds.