**KENKEY FISH & FRESH PEPPER SAUCE/****SHITO(**updated on request)
This is a typical Ghanaian dish and infact it’s the staple food not only here in Accra the capital city,but in the southern part of Ghana. As Acheike is to the Ivorian and Eba is to the Yorubas in Nigeria,so is Kenkey to the Ghanaians. It’s made out of white corn dough. Corn is a very important part of nutrition here in west Africa. It can be eaten roasted or boiled as @Austinelewex wrote in his Post of recent. In the North of Nigeria and even of Ghana the Milled corn powder is made into Tuo as well.The preparation of Kenkey process takes 2 days. It’s a bit difficult to prepare on a small scale at home therefore for the most part of the time its bought out on the streets and fairly cheap too. Its wrapped in corn husk. It is slightly fermented too and therefore has a very nice sharp taste. It’s very filling.
The fresh pepper sauce is so nice you could lick it all on it’s own. It’s often mixed with onions and "Shito". This is a very spicy sauce brown black in colour. Its made up of local spices.
In Ghana there is a festival dedicated to this dish once every year “Kenkey festival”
Some of our LG wrote very briefly on it
Kenkey festival . Wonder what’s the staple food in your part and how important is it to your country or people? Feel free to tell us and we will be happy to know or taste it virtually.
Thank you @TusharSuradkar . I appreciate your nice comment. We keep hopeful that one day you may taste it yourself when the lockdown is over when you come to Ghana . Cheers
Like in Enugu, her staple food is Abacha aka African salad and Okpa .
But I believe here in the entire southern part of the country every one should have eba and rice in their home. For these reason I could say eba and rice are Nigerians staples.
I would love to try kenkey and the corn meal of the Ghanaian people and actually give reviews.
wow! I love to eat fried fish @SholaIB . The fried fish in your photo with the pepper must be going delicious and mouth-watering. Thanks for sharing this nice dish with us.
Yes @SarveswarB it’s also called Donkunu but this is pure corn dough. It’s quite delicious it was my dinner yesterday I enjoyed it thanks for your interest and comments.
Thanks @Austinelewex I appreciate your interest and comments. Yes there I get Eba here sometimes. I can’t live without it .
As for Nigeria Its a very big country and our diversity too so the staple food varies across the country. In the North they have Tuo and in some parts fo the west pounded yam.
Now for Abacha and Opka I also know them well I was in Nkwagu in Ebonyi state for secondary school so I know them. I like Okpa so much. I think it’s a good thing to write post about our African food and culture and heritage quite often.
Maybe someday you’ll get the chance to try this Kenkey,you will like it. Thanks for the comment and the tags sir
Yes @Austinelewex it’s good to travel with purpose and then Google can benefit from it. Maybe someday you’ll have cause to travel around. There’s time for everything,the time will come.
. Cheers
. Will wait for your questions patiently and further comments. Thank you.
Greetings from Odisha, India
Thank you for sharing this post with us.
