Ghana

Rice

Though local rice is common, everywhere we went, we had wonderful steamed Thai Jasmine rice, of the finest sort. Fragrant, sweet and most delicious with Shito

Shito

A fragrant, hot pepper sauce available at every table in Ghana. It is made of dried seafood: fish and shrimps, ground and fried in lots of oil with ground dried red chilli peppers and other seasoning. It is an accompaniment to everything good and nice.

Grilled Tilapia

Grilled Tilapia is a permanent fixture on menu cards and boards across town, from the local eateries to the finest restaurants.

Soups

Most soups in Ghana, in contrast to thickened Nigerian soups are ‘light’ in consistency and serve dual purposes of dipping and drinking. Also, almost every soup has fresh tomatoes as essential on the ingredients list.

Shito Sauce

Chocolate

If there’s one product Ghanaians are proud of, it is their cocoa and chocolate. The ‘GoldTree brand’ of chocolate which is so beautifully packed and branded, with the strip of the Kente cloth.

Keta School Boys

Anchovies/Herrings found in the Volta region of Ghana and sold dried, fried and fresh!

Kelewele

Popular, evening street food of cubed, ripe (sweet) plantains, tossed in a mixture of spices like fresh/dried ginger powder, black pepper, chilli powder and deep fried. Delicious!

Fufu

A mixture of pounded cassava and boiled plantains, essential to Ghanaian cuisine. It is typically a lunch/dinner preparation and is often made from scratch.

Fish

There is an amazing variety of fish off the Ghanaian coast, including Salmon, Tuna and Herring. It is a sight to watch the fishing nets pulled in, hours after fishing boats have reached the shores, pulled in by men, women and children, singing songs to strengthen the resolve to fight sea and bring in the catch.

Banku

An example of the variation of fufu (a sticky ball of cooked/pounded dough) is the banku and kenkey, dumplings formed from fermented cornmeal dough. Banku are boiled while kenkey are partly boiled then finished by steaming in banana leaves

Grilled Octopus

You can find octopus everywhere, sold in wooden and glass boxes, and hawked by women; packed in small bags…readily available at toll gates.

Palaver Sauce

A sauce of spinach and meats common in many parts of West Africa, with various additions and thickeners.