Ghana offers such a range and choice of cuisine (I've previously mentioned the sushi bar), but having just introduced my cousin to some local dishes, thought I'd share some of the pictures! I mostly enjoy Ghanaian food and eat it a few times a week. It consists of lots of stews and soups and can be quite spicy. Spicy 'shito'(!) sauce or a chilli salsa 'pepe' accompany lots of dishes. Plantain, yam and cassava are the main staples. Street food consists of fried yam or plantain, roasted plantain, egg and bread for breakfast or rice and noodles for lunch.
The stew or soup is generally eaten with a stodgy carbohydrate (with your hands, so you break off bits and dip it in the stew or soup). It's quite messy and you're provided with soap and a bowl of water at the table before and after your meal. Rice is also eaten in very large quantities, and most street vendors and restaurants offer plain rice, fried rice and spicier jollof rice. The stodgy carbs are generally in the form of white lumps of either: fufu (pounded plantain and cassava) which is tasteless and a bit too gloopy; banku (fermented corn) a bit tangy and by far my favourite; kenke (also corn derived and wrapped in leaves) or rice or yam balls. My favourite dishes are banku served with grilled tilapia fish, red red (fried plantain and beans stew), banku with okra stew (this can be a bit slimy!), and waakye, which is rice and beans cooked together.
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| Red red |
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| Fried yam with pepe |
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| Banku and tilapia |
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| Roasted plantain, the ultimate street food |
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