Ghana Chop and Drink Guide: Wetin You Go Chop and Drink

Signature chop

Ghana food strong, e get plenty starch, e dey built on rich, hot pepper sauce. These na the chop wey you must try:

• Jollof rice - rice wey dem cook with tomato, pepper and onion base, dem dey serve am often with chicken or fish. Ghana people go fight well well say their own pass Nigeria own.
• Banku and tilapia - fermented corn and cassava dough wey dem serve with grilled tilapia and shito (dark pepper sauce wey get power).
• Fufu - pounded cassava and plantain wey dem chop with light soup or groundnut soup, usually with goat meat or chicken.
• Waakye - rice and beans wey dem cook with millet leaves, dem go serve am with spaghetti, gari, egg and shito. E be beloved breakfast.
• Red red - black-eyed beans stew wey dem cook for palm oil, dem serve am with fried plantain.

Street chop

Street chop na the heart of how Ghana people dey chop. Watch out for:

• Kelewele - hot fried plantain cubes wey get ginger, pepper and nutmeg, dem dey sell am for evening stalls.
• Kenkey - fermented corn dough wey dem steam for leaf, dem chop am with fried fish and pepper.
• Chichinga (suya) - grilled seasoned meat for stick, e popular for night time.
• Bofrot - sweet fried dough balls, na correct snack.
• Roasted plantain with groundnut (kofi brokeman) - cheap street classic wey go fill your belle.

Generous street chop fit cost you only 20 to 40 Ghana cedis.

Wetin to drink

• Sobolo - sharp, refreshing hibiscus drink, sometimes dem go spice am with ginger and pineapple.
• Palm wine - natural fermented sap, e sweet pass when e fresh from village.
• Asana - fermented corn drink wey get deep red colour.
• Star and Club - the two big local beer.
• Akpeteshie - strong local gin wey dem distil from palm or cane, drink am small small.

Chop tips and how to behave

• Chop with your right hand. Plenty chop like fufu and banku, dem no dey use spoon, na only your right hand you go use.
• Wash your hand first. Sellers and houses dey provide water and soap before you chop with hand.
• No chew fufu - just swallow the soft balls wey you dip inside soup.
• Carry cash and small notes - most stalls no dey collect card.
• Try chop bars - informal local eatery wey dey serve real, cheap home-style food.
• Drink bottled or sachet water if your belle no strong, and ask them make them reduce pepper if you no fit handle am.

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