Caakiri (or Chakery, Chakrey, Thiacry, Thiakry, Tiakri) is a snack or dessert from Western Africa. It is similar to the rice puddings of the Middle East and India. Today it is most often made with Couscous (which is made from wheat semolina), but traditionally it was made with similar products made from African grains such as fonio and millet, or maize, or even black-eyed peas. The word Caakiri refers to the grain from which the dish is made, as well as the finished dish itself. It is interesting to speculate that modern Caakiri, a sweetened snack or dessert made from grain and fermented milk, might be directly descended from a similar unsweetened dish that once might have been more of a main course, but, with the passage of time and with the increased availibility of other foods (includin