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Ghanaian Cuisine

↳ from Accra, Ghana

Starchy fufu and banku with spicy soups, jollof rice, groundnut soup and fish. Pepper sauce shito is on many tables.

must try ↓

Specialties

  • Ghanaian Jollof
  • Fufu
  • Waakye
  • Shito

History

Ghana's cooking is rooted in Akan, Ga, Ewe and northern peoples. Yam, cassava and maize are staples, and the Atlantic trade added chilli and peanuts.

Ingredients

  • Cassava
  • Plantain
  • Yam
  • Maize
  • Groundnut
  • Palm oil
  • Okra
  • Chilli

How it's made

  1. Pound or ferment starch into fufu or banku
  2. Cook the soup with meat or fish
  3. Add chilli and tomato
  4. Serve the starch with soup
  5. Eat with the right hand
to drink

What Ghana drinks

Sobolo (hibiscus), palm wine (nsafufuo), Club beer, pito

Ratings & notes

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