The local diet in Ghana consists of many starchy foods. Ghanaians like to grow crops such as yams, cassava, and maize. They use these kinds of crops to cook many different types of food such as banku, fufu, or akple. Ghanaians also enjoy rice, and many Ghanaians love to brag about how their jollof rice is better than the jollof found in other countries in West Africa. In terms of meat, Ghanaians eat eggs, fish, chicken, and goat.
Every night, I eat two balls of banku with groundnut stew, and a little bit of okra. Banku is a special Ghanaian dish that is very common in villages across the country. Banku looks like a white gooey ball, and they place it within locally prepared stews. This meal is one of the staples of the Ghanaian diet!
When I first tried it, I felt nervous because we do not have dishes like that in the United States. However, once I started eating it, I slowly became use to the taste and the texture of the banku. The banku itself has a gooey texture, and it does not have a lot of flavour. However, the groundnut stew and the okra make the banku flavorful. Ghanaians eat it by taking some banku with their right hand, and absorbing parts of the stew.
