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What to eat in Ghana

The 10 best dishes in Ghana

Peanut stews, fermented corn and the chop bar.

1

Jollof rice

Best: Accra

Ghana's jollof, made with basmati and more heat than Nigeria's, they say.

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2

Fufu with light soup

Best: Kumasi

Pounded cassava and plantain with a spicy tomato and goat soup.

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3

Waakye

Best: Accra

Rice and beans cooked with sorghum leaves, with shito, gari and spaghetti.

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Banku with tilapia

Best: The coast

Fermented corn and cassava dough with grilled tilapia and pepper sauce.

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5

Kelewele

Best: Accra

Ripe plantain cubes spiced with ginger and chili, fried at night.

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Red red

Eaten all over Ghana

Black-eyed peas in red palm oil with fried plantain.

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7

Groundnut soup

Eaten all over Ghana

Peanut soup with chicken, eaten with omo tuo rice balls.

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8

Kenkey

Best: Accra

Fermented corn dough steamed in leaves, with fried fish and pepper.

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9

Kontomire stew

Eaten all over Ghana

Cocoyam leaf stew with egusi and smoked fish.

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10

Shito

Eaten all over Ghana

A black chili sauce of dried fish and shrimp.

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