Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Ghana

Fermented corn staples, rich groundnut and palm-nut soups, smoky jollof and beloved street snacks like kelewele. That is the short version of what Ghana cooks. Look for Jollof rice (rice steamed in smoky tomato-pepper stew base; fierce national pride), Waakye (rice and beans tinted by sorghum leaves; sold with gari, spaghetti, egg, shito) and Fufu (pounded cassava-plantain balls submerged in light or groundnut soup). Descends from Senegambian thieboudienne of the medieval Wolof Jolof empire; the one-pot tomato rice spread east along trade routes into Ghana and Nigeria. This atlas has 47 Ghana dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

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  • Tuo zaafi

    Soft millet-corn swallow with ayoyo jute-leaf soup, northern staple. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking. Serves 6.…

  • Yakeyake

    Steamed granules of fermented cassava dough eaten with stew. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 6.…

  • Akpeteshie

    Fiery clear spirit distilled from palm wine or sugarcane. Ready in 1 day tapping and setting up prep and 3–7…

  • Banku

    Fermented corn-cassava dough with grilled tilapia and fresh pepper sauce. Ready in 20 min prep and 30 min cooking. 4…

  • Fufu

    Stiff cassava-corn flour swallow rolled to scoop stews. Ready in 20 min prep and 40 min cooking. 4 servings. A…

  • Jollof rice

    Rice steamed in smoky tomato-pepper stew base; fierce national pride. Ready in 25 min prep and 55 min cooking. 6…

  • Waakye

    Rice and beans tinted by sorghum leaves; sold with gari, spaghetti, egg, shito. Ready in 20 min prep and 1…