classic Ghanaian recipes, others using readily available ingredients and adventures

classic Ghanaian recipes, others using readily available ingredients and adventures

Category: For the love of fish

Smoked fish and agushie stew (akatoa froyie)

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 […]

Tuna yam balls

Tuna yam balls

Irresistible soft yam balls with tuna, these tuna yam balls disappear quickly right out of the oil. From my frustrations with yam balls and the hot oil leading to this baked version, I had admitted the fante frying genes had passed over me. (Fante women are […]

Kontomire stew with smoked salmon and melon seeds (Palava sauce)

Kontomire stew with smoked salmon and melon seeds (Palava sauce)

Kontomire stew AKA palava sauce is a Ghanaian delicacy made with cocoyam leaves popularly called kontomire. It goes very well with boiled yam, plantain, rice, cocoyam etc. Kontomire stew is a staple in our house. We mostly alternate between garden egg stew and kontomire stew […]