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Sweet Potato Balls is mashed Sweet Potatoes mixed with other spices and veggies and formed into balls and fried. When I was growing my Mom will make these on special occasions like Christmas, Easter, birthdays and other special occasions2
Last week my wife bought some sweet potatoes from the market and on Wednesday I remembered we had them and then the idea came, sweet potato balls. Then I started thinking about the ingredients and had to find out if we had them? We had all the ingredients but bread crumbs. Then I remembered I bought some bread on Monday, so I transformed the old bread into bread crumbs.
Spinach stew is a Ghanaian favorite stew which is usually served with rice, yams and plantains.
It was a favorite of our household and we will have it once a week for lunch right after school. What I didn’t like about it was that I’ll stain my shirts and get myself in trouble. My wife told me when we first met that her favorite food was plantains and spinach stew. So one day I cooked it and invited her over for lunch. She admitted later that the stew wasn’t that great, but I more than made up for it later :).
The picture above shows plantain and spinach stew with a few slices of avocados.
This is a favorite stew of many Ghanaians, which is made out of Spinach, onions, fresh tomatoes, ginger, garlic, oil, salt, habanero peppers, other spices. It served with rice, yams, plantains, etc.
Start off by chopping up the spinach, tomatoes and onions and set aside
Chop up your garlic, ginger and habanero peppers and blend with a little of water.
Pour oil in a pre-heated pan and fry your onions for about 5 minutes.
Add in the blended produce and tomatoes and let cook for another 5 minutes.
Now you can add your spinach, lower the heat to medium and let simmer for about 45 minutes. Because the spinach and tomatoes have a lot of fluid in them and you don't want your stew to soggy. So after about an hour of cooking your world famous spinach stew is ready to be served.
Its a popular West-African street food similar to donuts in other parts of the world. It's called Boflot in Ghana, Puff-Puff in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Boil two cups of water for a few minutes or until lukewarm and add the salt and a tbsp of honey then add the yeast. Let it sit between 5-10 minutes or until it reacts, it should grow in volume and become foamy.
Deep fry them about 5-10 minutes. Time to enjoy!
Earlier this year I learned how to make one of my favorite snacks growing up in Ghana called Boflot. I remember I used to have it for breakfast with some Koko (Corn porridge). or with a glass of hot chocolate preferably Milo. You can get them when you're downtown Accra and you need a quick snack to stave off your hunger. They can also be eaten as an appetizer before your main course at an African restaurant.
Its also made in Nigeria and Sierra Leone where its called Puff-puff. Its a little similar to donuts and actually there are a few British I know who call it donuts.
Jollof Rice is a highly popular West African rice dish that is made out of rice, tomatoes/ tomato sauce, spices/herbs.
You can now include the Basmati Rice and let it cook for another 30 minutes. Cover the rice mix with a foil wrap with the saucepan lid over it. The foil traps the steam and allows it to cook a well and faster. Stir the mix every 5 - 10 minutes until cooked. Your world famous Jollof rice is ready!
Jollof Rice is a very popular West African dish that has sometimes sparked friendly arguments as to who makes the best Jollof Rice. Jollof rice originated from the Wolof, an ethnic group in parts of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania all on the West coast of Africa.
Sometime last week a popular food website posted a very diluted version of Jollof Rice which they claimed was Ghana Jollof which really angered a lot of Ghanaians and other West Africans. But my wife and I agreed that getting angry wasn't the solution to combat that atrocity 🙂 but rather we needed to create a video showing a better version of Ghana Jollof Rice. So here you are and have a great week!
Jollof Rice is a highly popular West African rice dish that is made out of rice, tomatoes/ tomato sauce, spices/herbs.
Jollof Rice is a very popular West African dish that has sometimes sparked friendly arguments as to who makes the best Jollof Rice. Jollof rice originated from the Wolof, an ethnic group in parts of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania all on the West coast of Africa.
Sometime last week a popular food website posted a very diluted version of Jollof Rice which they claimed was Ghana Jollof which really angered a lot of Ghanaians and other West Africans. But my wife and I agreed that getting angry wasn't the solution to combat that atrocity 🙂 but rather we needed to create a video showing a better version of Ghana Jollof Rice. So here you are and have a great week!
This week's recipe is so dear to my heart because it has always been one of my favorite meals.
I always looked forward to lunch on Fridays as a kid. Because I knew I was going to be eating either fried plantains or Kaklo with beans stew.
Extremely ripe plantains mashed and deep fried into spicy cakes.
This week's recipe is so dear to my heart because it has always been one of my favorite meals.
I always looked forward to lunch on Fridays as a kid. Because I knew I was going to be eating either fried plantains or Kaklo with beans stew.
A hot and spicy hot sauce made in Ghana, and other part of West Africa.
I know, the name is quite close to a certain bad word we all know, and actually a British TV network run a story on it in hilarious fashion. However those who've tasted it know what the deal is, no other hot sauce in the world comes close.
Growing up, Shitto was a delicacy and we had it a few times a year. We would eat it with rice, Waakye, Kenkey, Banku; and can also be used as a dip for fries, spring rolls, dumplings, etc.
