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gari and vegetable stir-fry (best gari side dish)
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The best gari side dish
Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
13 mins
 

This is a gari and vegetable stir-fry which surely beats the regular side dish made using gari.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Servings: 2 plus
Author: Marianjules| BiscuitsandLadles
Ingredients
  • 1 cup gari
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • scotch bonnet pepper seeds removed and minced
  • vegetables of choice (I used carrots, green and yellow beans, red bell peppers)
  • salt and black pepper as required
Instructions

  1. Pour oil into saucepan or frying pan with sides up. Add chopped onions, minced garlic and scotch bonnet pepper. Stir till onions are translucent. 

  2. Add the vegetables, season with salt, cover and let it steam in its own juices for about six to eight minutes to soften.

  3. Meanwhile, prepare the gari by seasoning it with salt. Drizzle the gari with water to get it damp but not wet.

  4. Pour the gari into the vegetables when they softened, toss, add in grounded back pepper, taste for salt as needed. Serve as a side dish with any stew of choice, with fried eggs for a quick meal etc.