Nutrition
Agbeli Kaklo
• Agbeli Kaklo
Agbelikaklo is a Ghanaian snack made from cassava and eaten by the locals. The snack originated from the southern part of the Volta Region. It is very crunchy and mostly eaten with hard coconut(Copra).
- 1 large cassava
- 1 large onion
- Oil
- Salt
Instructions
- Peel the cassava.
- Once peeled leave it to soak overnight in water or you can proceed to grate the cassava. (Remember to remove the inedible string in the middle).
- Grate cassava into a bowl, getting the product as fine as your grater allows but not too fine.
- Squeeze out as much of the moisture as possible.
- Once the water is drained, sieve the dough using an ‘agbadze’ (like a winnowing basket but larger gaps) but a sieve with larger holes than usual will do.
- Season the sifted cassava with salt and onion.
- Form medium-sized balls from the cassava flakes. Don’t make balls too tight.
- Heat oil over medium-high heat until hot, place the balls into the oil.
- Fry them until they are golden brown for about seven minutes.
- Place fried kaklo on tissue paper or colander to drain oil. Serve with copra or you can eat alone.
Source: agameals.com
Nutrition
Palm nut soup
Palm nut soup is a Ghanaian dish that can be served with so many foods. It has a rich base of palm nuts combined with tomatoes and various vegetables that makes it very nutritious.
Preparation
Ingredients
– 1 kilogramme of palm nut
– Half kilogramme of beef
-One kilogramme of goat meat
-Three large salmon
-One full tuna
– A handful of turkey berries
-Two large onions
-4 large tomatoes
-3 large garden eggs
– One tin of mackerel
-Ten large peppers
– One large ginger
-2 cloves of garlic
– Four fingers of okro
– Salt to taste
Instructions
-Wash, cook palm nut, turkey berries, and pepper and add salt to it.
-Grind palm nut, turkey berries and pepper with mortar and pestle or mini food processor.
-Wash goat meat, beef, Tuna, salt and put on fire.
– Blend onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes and pour on the goat meat.
– Add smoked tuna and salmon and okro to the soup.
-Use a spoon or ladle to skim off the surface oil.
-Garnish the soup with the okro or garden eggs as desired.
-Serve with fufu, banku or Omo tuo.
Nutrition
Cucumber and apple smoothie
Ingredients
-Two medium sized cucumber
-Three apples
-Four tablespoonful of honey
-Crushed ice
-Two cups of yoghurt
-One tablespoonful of blended ginger
– One tablespoonful of celery and mint
Preparation
-Wash and slice cucumber, apple into smaller sizes
-Blend until it is smooth
-Add honey and a little water to it
-Add crushed ice and yoghurt
-Blend it till you achieve your desired texture
– Then serve
