Moni Kalama is one of my most loved breakfast porridge from my childhood days in Liberia. As a child in Liberia, every weekend a lady selling Moni Kalama would come by my community and that was my introduction to the delicious rice porridge – Moni Kalama. During the weekdays, I always saved my five or ten dollars for my bowl of porridge every Saturday morning.
Moni Kalama, African Rice Porridge is the most treasured ancestral dish that has been pass down from the Fula and Mandingo people in Liberia. This porridge is very easy to prepare and nutritional as well. The ingredients can be purchased from the any African or ethnic food store.
The rice balls can be purchased ready-made or prepared from scratch for cooking. When preparing the rice balls from scratch you will need a bag of rice flour and follow the instructions below:
Rice Balls from scratch: Place rice flour in a bowl and damp the flour with water. When adding the water, use your hands to form lentil size balls by turning your hand around the flour. Let it sit down for twenty minutes or more. For a faster drying process, the rice balls can be dried in the oven at 350 degrees for twenty minutes or more.
Rice flour or balls are rich in calcium, and this rice flour nutrition makes it an excellent food choice to maintain bone and skeletal health. Please follow the recipe instruction below and leave feedback, because I love this dish in my childhood! What child wouldn’t like this? The balls make it fun. Add some milk to it and some lime it takes the meal to another level.
Moni Kalama (Liberian Breakfast Porridge)
Ingredients
- 1 bag rice balls
- 1 small lime
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 3 cups water (use less or more for desired consistency)
- milk (optional)
Instructions
- On medium heat, add 2 cups of water to the pan and bring to a boil.
- Add rice balls, stir evenly and allow porridge to boil until rice balls are soften for 20 mins.
- Add 1 cup of water, stir and cook for additional 20 mins, if needed
- As rice porridge thickens, turn heat off, add sugar, lime and milk for serving
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Hey, how are you doing? I was wondering where can I get the mini kalama pls
Hi Famata, I am doing great and hope the same with you! I will email you details.
Your recipe calls for one bag of rice balls. If I’m making my own, how much rice flour should I use?
Hi Rose, if making your own rice balls you can use 2 cups of rice flour and for large servings 3-4 cups. Thanks for visiting Okra Pantry and hope to chat more.