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Lesotho
Motoho is the sour sorghum porridge of Lesotho, thin enough to drink from a cup, made by fermenting crushed sorghum overnight with a starter called tomoso and then cooking it into a smooth, tart gruel. It is served cold with sugar, drunk at any time of day, and offered to visitors as a welcome. Every Basotho household keeps a jar of tomoso going the way a baker keeps a sourdough.
The draft was written from 4 published sources and holds 8 ingredients and 6 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.