Togo

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Togo

3 recipes

Illustrative pale cream Agbelima fermented cassava dough in a plain shallow earthenware bowl.
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Agbelima (Ghanaian fermented cassava dough)

Ghanaian sour cassava dough fermented with traditional inoculum and drained during fermentation. It is used as a base for cooked foods such as banku and akple; process variants and safety outcomes differ.

Ghana
· Grains and starches
Pale, gently domed Ablo cakes in a leaf-lined woven basket, with one cut open to show the soft crumb.

Ablo (rice-based steamed bread)

Soft, lightly tangy steamed cereal bread documented across Benin and Togo. This page gives one measured rice-flour research method; maize-based Ablo and mixed-grain versions remain distinct traditions.

Benin
· Grains and starches
A moist mound of uncooked Mawè, fermented maize dough, in a plain shallow bowl.

Mawè

Mawè is a spontaneously fermented maize or other cereal dough from Benin and neighbouring West Africa, soured by lactic bacteria and yeasts and used as the base for cooked pastes, porridges, breads and drinks.

Benin · Traditional method
· Grains and starches