Being a vegetarian can be a difficult thing in Ghana where meat is the main ingredient of most things. Asking 'does that have meat in it?' may not always give the real details. eg the answer 'no' could mean a) there is no meat in it, b) there is a little bit of meat in it, or c) meat is the main ingredient...
but here are a couple of dishes that so far so good, I can eat!
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| Waakye (pronounced Waachee). Is rice and beans mashed in together. You can get smelly fish with it or egg too. It is often taken at breakfast, or with a good dose of palm oil spread over it for lunch |
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| Yam and Beans. This is about 50c for a massive serve. The best is right near my work - basically baked beans and chips with pepper (ie. chilli) and ground peanut powder is served on top, but Ghanaian style. Of course, it comes served in numerous plastic bags too. Yams aren't as good as potatoes, but they make do, especially when fried. The beans are real winners, but mostly you are served more yams, for filling up on. |
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| Fried Rice. Comes with random spaghetti type stuff on top, and the 'salad' of cabbage and grated carrot is always served with tomato sauce and strange mayonnaise on it. Costs about 50c too. Filling stodge. |
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| Kose (pronounced cos-ay) is a fried bean cake. I am not sure what sort of bean. But served with salt and chilli powder and it is fantastic. Fried goodness. The dollops of stuff on the styrofoam package is Koko - ie. porridge, made on various grains (mostly made on maize here). The Kose is different in each town - depending on which grain is most prominent (ie cheap) and what else they want to add in. In Tamale I've found some with onion, and/or egg added in. |
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| I forget the name of this, and I haven't seen it since. But it is steamed bean cake (like Kose but not fried) and served with a sesame sauce, very delicious |
I think I would like Kose, but not sure about the other delicacies! Katrina
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I think you'd eat well here Kat - less processed & not much wheat flour (very little actually) - comena!
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