Foods and Drinks

Fresh fruits and vegetables abound in Ghana and are readily available in the market. Fruits such as mangoes, guava, custard apples which do not require peeling before eating should advisely be washed before they are eaten.There is the posibility that some of these may have been treated with insecticides.

Pipe-borne water in this country has been officially declared safe for drinking- that is , off the tap, but advisely boil all tap water, water from wells or fetched from rivers and cool before drinking. Below are some of the categories of the Ghanaian foods.

GHANAIAN FOODS

Wakye and Shitor
(pronounced waachie)
and cabbage stew
This food is a little bit hot with
pepper source when eating but
also very delicious. Remember
to drink more water after eating.

Fried Riped Plantain
(pronounced brode korkoor)
Normally eaten after desert.
can also be eaten
with cooked beans.
Can also be eaten with the local
Gari and beans with palm oil

Fufu and soup
(pound cassava and plantain
with tomatoe soup or
palm nut soup)
This Ghanaian food is the
favorite of  most Ghanaians.
It is eaten by swallowing the fufu
after dipping it into the soup.

Fried Plantain
(locally called "Kelewele" )
This kelewele food  is a little
bit with hot pepper source and
is fried with oil. Very delicious.

Banku and pepper with fish
(made with maize
sometimes mixed with cassava)

khebab (locally called
"Kyikyinga")

A hospitality at it best when
you visit the markets of Ghana.

Different kinds of fruits and
vegetables at a very
affordable price. Prices are
also negotiated or bargained.

A Ghanaian market at a scene.

You will find different kinds
and varieties of fruits to buy
at the market.

You may also try some of Ghanaian apple fruits.taste very sweet.