SOME GHANAIAN FOODS (I)

I present to you how to prepare some common and popular Ghanaian dishes enjoyed by many.


KELEWELE (Fried ripe plantain smeared with pepper, ginger and salt)

Ingredients

4 Fingers of ripe plantain.
500ml Cooking oil.
1 level tablespoon milled pepper.
1 level tablespoon grind ginger.
Salt to taste.

Preparation

Peel the ripe plantain and cut into smaller sizes. Grind pepper and ginger and mix with a little amount of water  and then put the cut ripe plantain in a bowl. 

You then mix in the grind pepper, ginger and salt making sure that every bit of the cut ripe plantain gets smeared with the pepper, ginger and salt in the bowl.


Deep fry in hot oil and let it fry till light brown and then serve with roasted groundnut.



E/OTOR (Mashed ripe plantain)

Ingredients

4 fingers half ripe plantain.
5g groundnut paste.
1/4 teaspoonful grind pepper.
1 large onion.
2 tablespoonful palm oil.
Salt to taste.

Preparation

Peel and put the half ripe plantain into a saucepan and then add water and salt to taste. Cover it and bring to a boil on fire.

After 20 minutes, take off fire and then drain the water off the plantain. Grind pepper, onion and add salt to taste in an earthen ware (Asanka) or in any large bowl. 

Add the boiled half ripe plantain into the bowl with the grind pepper and onion and then mash and mix them together. Add the groundnut paste and mix it in while you put your palm oil on fire and add onion to the oil.

When the palm oil and onion is well cooked, pour it onto the mashed plantain and mix it in, correct seasoning and then serve.



PLANTAIN CHIPS

Ingredients

5 fingers of plantain.
500ml Cooking Oil.
Salt.

Preparation

Peel plantain and set it aside. Put oil in a pan on fire and make sure it is heated. 

Peel the plantain after the peeling its back off with a potatoes peeler into the hot oil on the fire.

Deep fry in the hot oil and when cooked, take out of the oil and drain and then sprinkle with salt. Serve as a snack with groundnuts and a drink.