What’s your favorite dish.Entry by@jemilatu

in Steem Argentina3 years ago

Hello everyone 👋, I hope you are all fine.
Thank you so much to steem Argentina for this great contest..
My favorite dish is banku with okro stew.

Banku is a favourite dish enjoyed by the Fantes, Gas, and Ewes in Ghana.
In this guide I am going to show you:

  • step by step guide on how to prepare banku
  • ingredients needed to cook bank and other tips.

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Follow the simple steps to get yours ready.
1: Using fermented corn only
2: fermented corn with cassava though
3: using the banku mix.

Step to cook banku with cassava dough

  • Add water in a mixture of fermented corn and grated cassava in a large pot until it thickens.
  • Under medium heat, put pot on the fire and stir the mixture continuously to avoid it forming lumps
  • When the mixture hardens, add a small amount of water and stir until its soft
  • Cover banku for 10 mins and stir again.
  • Roll it into orange-sized balls and use rubber to wrap it tightly
    Step to prepare okro stew
    INGREDIENTS
  • 7 pieces Okro
  • 2 pieces large onions
  • 200 mls red palm oil
  • 2 pieces medium-sized onions
  • tomato paste
  • 4 pieces bell pepper (kpakposhito)
  • 1 pound goat meat/chicken/herrings/crab/tuna/salmon
  • 1 pound wele
  • salt
  • 200 mls water
    INSTRUCTIONS
  • Wash meat and wele thoroughly and placed in a neat bowl
  • Chop meat into desirable sizes and place in a cooking pot or saucepan
  • Add little amount of water, place over medium heat and allow it to boil
  • Chop onions, ginger and garlic.
  • Blend chopped vegetables and pepper together until a smooth mixture is obtained.
  • Set some of the blended mixture aside
  • Pour the blended mixture into the meat pot and allow it to steam for 10 minutes
  • Add some spices
  • Wash okro and chop into smaller pieces.
  • Put chopped okro into a clean saucepan, add water and simmer for about 6 minutes.
  • Turn off heat and allow it to cool
  • Pour some palm oil into a saucepan and place over medium heat.
  • Add sliced onion and salted fish
  • Cook for about 4 minutes
  • Add blended pepper, ginger and garlic and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes.
  • Wash tomatoes, chop and add to the sauce
  • Now add your steamed beef, boiled crab and wele to the mixture.
  • Stir and leave it to cook for about 10 minutes.
  • Pour into the mixture your cooked okro and stir thoroughly
  • Add salt to taste. Once again, thanks to @steemargetina for organizing this amazing contest.I invite @mukadas,@awumpini ,@belenguerra, @fendit and @mukka to partake in this wonderful contest.Thank you All for reading.
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Wow 😮 that’s my favorite too😋