biscuits and ladles

classic Ghanaian recipes, others using readily available ingredients and adventures

biscuits and ladles

classic Ghanaian recipes, others using readily available ingredients and adventures

Smoked fish and agushie stew (akatoa froyie)

Africa ~ For the love of fish ~ Ghana ~ Stews and sauces

Smoked fish and agushie stew (akatoa froyie)

This recipe for smoked fish and agushie stew (akatoa froyie) is a keeper! Bonus, it comes together quickly with a few ingredients, just put rice on fire before you start cooking. This agushie stew is so good, I ended up eating it without any side […]

Dark chocolate orange melting moments

Biscuits and Cookies

Dark chocolate orange melting moments

Truely melt in your mouth cookies, these dark chocolate orange melting moments should definitely be on the cookie platter this Christmas. The first time I heard of melting moments was from Great British Bake-off. Typical of me, per the description from the show, I had […]

Yam eto (Baayer eto/ ɛto)

Ghana ~ Vegetarian

Yam eto (Baayer eto/ ɛto)

traditional Ghanaian food; yam eto (ɛto) with hard boiled egg and avocado pear. Whiles some people do birthdays with cake, we did eto with eggs when we were growing up. My mother would make eto with eggs for breakfast during birthdays. I am not sure […]

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Homemade Ghanaian Salted Beef (Tolo Beef)

Around my pantry ~ Beef ~ Ghana

Homemade Ghanaian Salted Beef (Tolo Beef)

Ghanaian salted beef which is often used for making light soups, rice and other dishes. Salted beef AKA tolo beef is a basic ingredient in Ghanaian cooking. It is basically cured beef as a way to make is flavourful. It is used as a starting […]

Omo tuo

Africa ~ Ghana ~ Rice and pasta ~ Sides ~ Vegetarian

Omo tuo

Omo tuo is a staple side dish in Ghana made with rice. Omo tuo is a staple side dish in the Ghanaian cuisine. It is made by cooking rice till it is very soft. The soft rice is then beaten or mashed with a wooden […]

The best gari side dish

Africa ~ Ghana ~ Vegetables, salad and more vegetables

The best gari side dish

This is the best gari side dish. The common side dish to make out of gari is to make eba. If you are familiar with my part of the world, we don’t really make it like eba, but we just get hot water, pour it […]