Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Leftover ugali can also be eaten with tea the following morning. [19] Ugali is relatively inexpensive and thus easily accessible to the poor, who usually combine it with a meat or vegetable stew (e.g., sukuma wiki in Kenya) to make a filling meal. Ugali is easy to make, and the flour can last for a considerable time in average conditions.
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou / ˈ f u ˌ f u / foo-foo listen ⓘ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. [1] [2] It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana.The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the ...
Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Sierra Leone A Yoruba food made from peeled beans made into balls and deep-fried, known as Koose in Hausa and Ghana, can be eaten as a snack, but is often coupled with hausa koko as part of a breakfast meal. Alloco: Côte d'Ivoire: A fried plantain snack, often served with chili pepper and onions: Amala: Nigeria, Benin ...
In the north, the main staple foods include millet and sorghum. Yam, maize and beans are also staple foods across Ghana. Sweet potatoes and cocoyam are also important in Ghanaian cuisine. With the advent of globalization, cereals such as rice and wheat have been increasingly incorporated into Ghanaian cuisine notably in the form of bread. [3]
Swallows are a category of dough-like African and Indian staple food made of cooked starchy vegetables and/or grains. [1] Fufu of Western Africa, ugali and nsima of Eastern Africa, and sadza of Southern Africa are examples of swallows.
Akple – Staple food of Ghana; ... Ugali (top), also known as pap, with cooked cabbage and vegetables. Xarém, a dish from the Algarve, Portugal. Tamales and related
Rice is a common staple food, and fruits and vegetables are prominent in the cuisine. Pineapples, mangoes, peaches, grapes, avocados and lychee are grown on the island. [21] Meats include chicken, beef and fish, and curry dishes are common. [21] A common food is laoka, a mixture of cooked foods served with rice. Laoka are most often served in ...
Posho or kawunga— called ugali in Kenya, it is usually made from maize but also other starches, regional names include kwon. Ugandan expatriates make posho from cornmeal, masa harina or grits. Kwon is a type of ugali made from millet (called kalo in western Uganda) but in other regions like eastern Uganda they include cassava flour.