Banku African Food
Today we are going to make banku which is a fufu like it is made from fermented cassava and corn dough.
Banku african food. Lagos food bank is a non profit nutrition focused initiative committed to fighting hunger reducing food waste and solving the problem of malnutrition through targeted programs that seek to improve the nutrition food intake of pregnant women and their infants who are not able to get the required nutrient during pregnancy and breastfeeding of their babies. Pouring the boiled okra and garden egg mixture into the pot with the palm oil because i was aiming for the full ghana experience i also made the okra soup with banku one of ghana s staple foods. Banku is a ghanaian dish which is cooked by a proportionate mixture of fermented corn and cassava dough in hot water into a smooth whitish paste served with soup okra stew or a pepper sauce with fish. Basically it is a mix of fermented corn and cassava served on the side of many ghanaian dishes.
The okra is added last in order to avoid over cooking it. Le banku est un plat ghanéen qui est préparé avec un mélange de maïs fermenté et de manioc contenu dans une pâte consistante blanchâtre lisse cuit à l eau bouillante. It is mostly preferred by the people of the southern regions of ghana. Le banku est servi en accompagnement d une soupe d un ragoût ou avec une sauce au poivre avec des poissons.
Serve when ready alongside banku for ghanaians or rice my personal preference. Banku is one of the staple foods in ghana. It is distinguished by its sour taste which comes from several days of fermentation of the corn to make corn dough. Banku with okro soup stew is super yummy and fortunately i convinced eric to share his recipe with me.
Six to eight cups of corn maize flour or cornmeal ground corn or ground maize. Would you like to cook this african food by yourself. Banku is one of the national dishes of ghana originating from the ga adangme people along the south eastern coast of ghana.