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Kenkey & Fish - Accra's Favourite
The main traditional dishes eaten in this Region include kenkey with hot pepper and fried fish, banku, with fried fish and pepper or with okro or groundnut soup, “red red” or yo-ko-gari- beans stew, fried plantain or tatale, Omo Tuo (rice balls) served with palm or groundnut soup.
A Sunday afternoon special!, Fried yam with turkey tail (chofi) with hot spicy ground pepper, Khebabs. Meat or liver dipped in spicy powder and grilled, they are succulent. Beverages include “asana” or maize beer, palm wine, coconut juice and “Akpeteshie” liquor.
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Favourite Dishes of the Western Region
The main dishes of this Region include “akyeke” with Avocado pear, fufu and light soup with mushroom or snails. Beverages are coconut juice, palmwine and “Akpeteshie” |
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Dishes of the Central Region
The main dishes of the Central Region include “fante dorkunu” or kenkey with fish and gravy, fufu and palmnut soup, jollof rice, "fante fante" (palm oil stew with small fresh fish) and tatale, ampesi and oto (mashed yam). Beverages include tea/coffee or cocoa drinks and bread, Cheese and butter, palmwine,coconut juice “Akpeteshie”
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Dishes of the Ashanti Region
The main dishes of Ashanti Region include fufu with light soup and meat, “akrantee” – bush meat, or “green green” snails or palm nut soup, ampesi (plantain, yam or cassava, cocoyam). Beverages: palm wine, “Akpeteshie” |
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Dishes of the Volta Region
The main dishes of this Region are “Akple” with okro soup, fufu with palmnut soup, “Abolo” with shrimps and “one man thousand” banku with okro stew or pepper, red-red or beans stew and fried plantain. Beverages include “Akpeteshie” and palm wine. |
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Dishes of the Brong Ahafo Region
The main dishes of the Brong Ahafo Region include fufu with “Nkotomire” soup, plantain and cocoyam “Ampesi”. Beverages include “Akpeteshie” and Palm wine. |
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Dishes of the Northern Region
The main dishes of the Northern Region include “TZ or “Tuo Zaafi” rice balls or “Omo Tuo” with groundnut or green leaves soups, beans or cowpea with sheanut oil and pepper called “Tubaani” “Koko” or millet/corn porridge eaten with “Koose” fried bean balls.
Beverages include “Pito”, a locally brewed beer from millet, “Zom koom”, or toasted millet flour in water and “fula” mashed in water, milk, ginger and sugar. |
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Dishes of the Upper-West Region
The main dishes of this Region are “TZ” or “Tuo Zaafi”. Rice balls or Omo Tuo with groundnut soup or green leaves soups, beans, and cowpea or “Tubaani” koko with “koose”. Beverages include “pito” and “Zom koom”. |
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Dishes of the Upper-East Region
The main dishes of the Upper-East Region are “TZ” or “Tuo Zafi” rice balls or Omo Tuo with groundnut soup or green leaves soups, beans, rice and cowpea or “Tubaani”, koko with “koose”. Beverages include pito and “Zom krom”. |
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