Holiday

Kpekpele (Homowo Dish)

Name: Kpekpele (Homowo Dish)
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 4 cups corn dough, fermented; Salt; Palm oil; Palm-nut soup with fish; Boiled eggs

Ga-Adangbe steamed fermented corn couscous eaten with palm-nut soup at Homowo — the 'hooting at hunger' festival.

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2h 6 servings Medium

Ingredients

4 cups corn dough, fermented
Salt
Palm oil
Palm-nut soup with fish
Boiled eggs

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Rub fermented corn dough with palm oil and salt.

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1
Rub fermented corn dough with palm oil and salt.
2
Steam in a colander lined with cheesecloth 60 min, fluffing halfway.
3
Mound kpekpele on plates.
4
Ladle palm-nut soup over; top with boiled egg — sprinkled ceremonially at Homowo.