🇧🇿 How to Make Dukunu

Craving Dukunu? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Dukunu at home, in about 1 hr 15 min, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 6 ears of fresh corn, kernels cut off
• ¼ cup coconut milk
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• corn husks, soaked in warm water
• string or torn husk strips for tying

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Cut the kernels off the cobs and grind them coarsely — a food processor in pulses, not a smooth purée. You want texture.
2. Beat in the coconut milk, butter, sugar and salt. The batter should be thick and drop reluctantly off a spoon.
3. Soak the husks until pliable, then pat them dry.
4. Spoon batter into the centre of each husk, fold the sides over and the ends up, and tie. Leave room — the batter swells.
5. Stack the parcels upright in a steamer and steam 50–60 min over gently simmering water. Top up the water; a steamer that boils dry scorches the bottom layer.
6. Rest 10 min before opening. Dukunu is the sweet fresh-corn tamale, distinct from the savoury meat-filled ones — and it is best the day the corn is picked.