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Banku (dish)
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In Ghanaian cuisine, banku and akple (// ⓘ) are swallow dishes made of a slightly fermented cooked mixture of maize and cassava doughs formed into single-serving balls.
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![]() Balls of banku | |
Alternative names | Akple, ɛtsew |
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Type | Swallow |
Place of origin | Ghana |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Corn dough, cassava dough, salt and water |
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Banku is cooked in hot water until it turns into a smooth, whitish paste,[1][2][3] served with soup, okra stew or a pepper sauce with fish.[4][5]
Akple is preferred by the people of the southern regions of Ghana—the Ewe people,[6] the Fante people and the Ga-Dangme—but it is also eaten across other regions in Ghana. Banku is a softer variety eaten by the Ga-Dangme (Ga or Dangbe), while the Fante people also have a drier variant of the dish they call ɛtsew.[1][2][7]