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Ga Kenkey

Name: Ga Kenkey
Total time: 3 d
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 4 cups corn dough, fermented 2-3 days; Salt; Corn husks or plantain leaves; Water

Ga-Adangbe steamed fermented white corn dumplings wrapped in corn husks — Accra's staple with shito and fried fish.

Photo: Rberchie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

3 days 6 servings Hard

Ingredients

4 cups corn dough, fermented 2-3 days
Salt
Corn husks or plantain leaves
Water

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Cook half the dough into a thick aflata; cool and mix into raw dough with salt.

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1
Cook half the dough into a thick aflata; cool and mix into raw dough with salt.
2
Shape into balls; wrap tightly in soaked corn husks and tie.
3
Steam or boil 2-3 hr till firm and glossy.
4
Unwrap and serve with shito, fried fish and pepper.