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 ladle whiles in the cooking pot, to make it glutinous and formed into balls.
It is not difficult to make and you can use any rice of choice. The important thing is to cook the rice with lots of water which would make it soft. Omo-tuo is normally eaten with soup, either palm-nut, groundnut (peanut butter) or light soup.
Omo tuo is a Ghanaian side dish made by cooking rice till it is very soft. The rice is then beaten or mashed with a wooden ladle to make it glutinous and formed into a ball.
- 1 cup rice
- 3-4 cups water or as required
- salt as required
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Rinse rice and put in a medium cooking pot. Add water and salt to taste.
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Put rice on high heat and bring to ball. When rice boils over, reduce heat to medium and let cook till all water is absorbed and very soft when pressed between your fingers. Turn off heat.
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With the rice in the cooking pot, use a wooden ladle to beat or mash the rice against the sides of the pot for it to be glutinous. Divide the glutinous rice into balls according to required serving. Serve with soup of choice.
You might need only 3 cups of water for the 1 cup of rice depending on the brand of rice. However, if the rice is not soft after all the water has been absorbed from cooking, add a half or more cup as needed.
