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This is Acha or Fonio( aka Hungry Rice)...

I'll tell you a quick story about this grain.
I work in the Health sector and I must say from my experience that one of the most difficult thing to control is the diet of a Diabetic patient. No matter the Nutritional advice offered and the consequent crisis, they are mostly non compliant. Can you blame them though, Food is life.

I saw this grains for the first time with my Mother-in-Law, she's been diabetic for the past 18 years and apart from the very first few years of her diagnosis, she's never had a single crisis. She swears by Acha.

It can be boiled and eaten with stew like Rice, blended to powder and used as swallow, used as flour for Bread, Akara, Moimoi, Pan cakes... Name it
She's living the life honestly.


Has anyone else heard of this grain? Please share your thoughts.

Yes I know Acha very well, I enjoy taking it as pap with milk. I love it thick, then pour my milk to soften the thickness and consume. I love it well. It's common in the north.

You wan cast this food. One paint rubber of rice is ..... abeg no cast this food

EreluRoz:
Yes I know Acha very well, I enjoy taking it as pap with milk. I love it thick, then pour my milk to soften the thickness and consume. I love it well. It's common in the north.

Same here. It's so nice for breakfast.
Sometimes I would take as Pap with akara.

Olorilolo:
Same here. It's so nice for breakfast.
Sometimes I would take as Pap with akara.

Exactly, very good for breakfast

Samesame247:
You wan cast this food. One paint rubber of rice is ..... abeg no cast this food

Well, it's far more expensive than Rice. A paint goes for 10-12k now.

Olorilolo:

Well, it's far more expensive than Rice. A paint goes for 10-12k now.

I doubt. I think ukwa is more expensive

Acha is a popular nutritional food grain commonly found and cultivated in Jos Plateau and parts of Southern Kaduna. It is used to prepare a wide variety of local dishes from gusgus, to tuwo acha and gote( a local delicacy consumes as thick or watery forms).

Acha is the food meal of choice for diabetic patients as it is said to ensure easy satiety and low carbohydrate

See swallow!

Is this different from the quinoa we eat?

Never heard of it

I've never seen dis in my life before

SAND


Effect of processing methods on nutrient value
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Before consumption, fonio grains must be processed using mechanical (dehusking, milling) or thermal (precooking, parboiling, roasting) methods. Depending on the processing method, the nutrient value may be affected.[22][23]

Regarding the macronutrients, the carbohydrate content remains higher when the grains are precooked rather than roasted. The protein content is much lower after milling because the bran that gets removed contains a lot of protein. The highest protein content is achieved when parboiling. The lipid content is increased when roasted and decreased when milled or precooked.[23]

Regarding micronutrients, the iron and zinc content remains the highest when parboiled while milling leads to a loss due to the removal of the bran.[23] Phytate, an anti-nutritional factor that inhibits the absorption of minerals like iron and zinc, is reduced by washing and cooking but is still high enough to inhibit adequate mineral absorption.[22]

Generally, parboiled fonio shows the best nutritional composition when compared to the other processing methods.[23] However, parboiling fonio does not lead to as efficient redistribution of nutrients as is the case with parboiled rice. Additionally, the process of parboiling changes the color of the fonio grains which is disliked by some consumers.[22]



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Olorilolo:
This is Acha or Fonio( aka Hungry Rice)...

I'll tell you a quick story about this grain.
I work in the Health sector and I must say from my experience that one of the most difficult thing to control is the diet of a Diabetic patient. No matter the Nutritional advice offered and the consequent crisis, they are mostly non compliant. Can you blame them though, Food is life.

I saw this grains for the first time with my Mother-in-Law, she's been diabetic for the past 18 years and apart from the very first few years of her diagnosis, she's never had a single crisis. She swears by Acha.

It can be boiled and eaten with stew like Rice, blended to powder and used as swallow, used as flour for Bread, Akara, Moimoi, Pan cakes... Name it
She's living the life honestly.


Has anyone else heard of this grain? Please share your thoughts.

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Nice packages.

Hmmm

Toor

Since it’s expensive than rice

Make we kukuma Dey chop rice dey go na

no idea what it is.

No idea about it.

Acha is a fantastic grain but quite expensive due to its nutritional value

Looks like Quinoa

Jos and Kaduna dey farm am very well.

Olorilolo:
This is Acha or Fonio( aka Hungry Rice)...

I'll tell you a quick story about this grain.
I work in the Health sector and I must say from my experience that one of the most difficult thing to control is the diet of a Diabetic patient. No matter the Nutritional advice offered and the consequent crisis, they are mostly non compliant. Can you blame them though, Food is life.

I saw this grains for the first time with my Mother-in-Law, she's been diabetic for the past 18 years and apart from the very first few years of her diagnosis, she's never had a single crisis. She swears by Acha.

It can be boiled and eaten with stew like Rice, blended to powder and used as swallow, used as flour for Bread, Akara, Moimoi, Pan cakes... Name it
She's living the life honestly.


Has anyone else heard of this grain? Please share your thoughts.

Can you show them in raw form and let's see how they look like?

A for Acha. Acha is bae, I wonder why they don't sell it in the market down south here. Anytime i travel to J-Town,I consume it a lot. What I do now to get it is that, anytime my estate security friend want to travel home to Jos, I usually send him to buy for me.

Onyedikachi231:
SAND

Yes.

Big ups to my Josite folks, this food is a mainstay in our diet.

I don't know Acha, were can one buy it

He dey city?

EreluRoz:
Yes I know Acha very well, I enjoy taking it as pap with milk. I love it thick, then pour my milk to soften the thickness and consume. I love it well. It's common in the north.

I didn't know you haff sense

There's always sand in it

I think it is

Anashe:
Looks like Quinoa

Early days of school.
Thank you Emma for saving me with Acha.
Thank you plateau state for the opportunity.