Ghana

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Ghana

8 recipes

Photograph of Shito.
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Shito

Shito is a hot Ghanaian pepper condiment with fish-rich, oil-cooked and fresh pepper forms; this measured version follows a recipe collected in Ghana’s Northern Region.

Ghana · Traditional method
· Condiments
Finished Ghanaian Momone pieces in a small ceramic dish.
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Momone

Momone is a Ghanaian salted and fermented fish condiment made from varied marine fish. Historical surveys describe both semi-dried and drier products, with salting and drying methods differing across coastal communities.

Ghana
· Fish and seafood
Two whole gray-tan dried salted tilapia displayed on an ivory plate.
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Koobi

Koobi is Ghanaian salted and dried tilapia. Sources differ on the brief ripening stage and drying period, and do not establish a single validated household process. This entry records documented variants and their limits.

Ghana
· Fish and seafood
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
Lightly flour-dusted Ghanaian tea bread loaves, elongated and tapered with pale golden crusts.

Ghanaian tea bread

Lightly sweet Ghanaian wheat loaves with nutmeg, a long single proof and a crisp warm crust.

Ghana · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Editorial image of Ghanaian smoked-fish-and-agushie stew with ground melon-seed curds, tomato and peppers.
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Smoked fish and agushie stew

Ghanaian agushie stew combines melon-seed paste with tomatoes, peppers, palm oil and smoked fish, and is served with rice, yam or plantain.

Ghana · Modern method
Fish and seafood
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