Local Dishes

Ghana has a wide rage of restaurants and food varieties that can be found both in the city and large of small towns. These include a large assortment of Ghanaian (African), Americans, European, Chinese and Indian cuisines. Ghana’s answer to the fast food chain is the ever present Chop Bars. These come in all shapes and sizes and serve local dishes such as fufu. Traditional specialities include:

FUFU

Boiled cassava and plantain is pounded into balls and serve with soups.

APRAPRANSA

Roasted cornmeal/maize is cooked in palm-nut soup and garnished with smoked fish, shrimps or crabs.

KELEWELE

Plantain fries or chips plantain well seasoned with ginger, chilli, cloves and fired in hot oil.

GARI-FOTO

Grated cassava fried and served with shrimps, fish, beans and pepper sauce.

GROUNDNUT SOUP

Groundnut paste is liquefied and cooked with seasoned fish, meat or chicken

OKRO STEW

Chopped okro cooked in palm oil with onions, tomatoes and peppers and enriched with crabs, various meat and fish.

KENKEY

Fermented maize balls cooked in banana leaves or cornhusk.

BEANS STEW

Cooked black-eyed kidney beans serve in gravy with fish or meat.

JAMBALAYA

Fish sauce in onions and tomatoes.