Appetizers
Kelewele
Ripe plantain cut into cubes, tossed with ginger, chilli, cloves and anise, and deep fried until the edges…
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Ghanaian recipes
Rice cooked in bean leaves, and plantain fried in spice. 8 Ghanaian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 8 recipes cover 4 of the site’s categories, among them 4 dinners, 2 appetisers and small plates, 1 drink and 1 lunch. None of them is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 3, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 5 easy and 3 medium.
As written, 4 are vegetarian, 3 vegan, 5 gluten-free and 2 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Ghanaian recipes — all 8 recipes
Lunch
Waakye
Rice and beans cooked together with dried sorghum leaves, which turn the whole pot a deep reddish brown, served with…
Drinks
Sobolo
The Ghanaian hibiscus drink, steeped with pineapple skin, ginger and cloves and drunk cold from a bottle on any hot…
Dinner
Red Red
Black-eyed peas stewed in palm oil, tomato, onion and ginger, served with fried ripe plantain. A Ghanaian…
Condiment
Shito
A dark, oily, fiery Ghanaian condiment of onion, tomato, chilli, ground dried shrimp and ginger, slowly fried in…
Dinner
Banku with Okra Stew
Soft, slightly sour Ghanaian dough of corn and cassava flour stirred over heat, served with a tomato and okra stew.
Dinner
Groundnut Soup
A thick Ghanaian soup of chicken simmered with peanut butter, tomato, ginger and scotch bonnet, served with rice…
Dinner
Ghanaian Light Soup
A thin, fiery tomato and ginger soup with chicken or goat, aubergine and scotch bonnet, served with fufu or rice.