Kpekpele
Kpekple (also referred to as kpokpoi)[1] is a kind of food eaten by the Gas of Ghana during the celebration of Homowo festival, which is to hoot at hunger.[2] It is prepared with the primary ingredients of steamed and fermented corn meal, palm nut soup and smoked fish.[3][4] Kpekple is usually sprinkled around by the fetish priest believing that the ancestors would be pleased by the offering.[1]
Ingredients
- Corn meal
- Palm nuts
- Onions
- Pepper
- Water
- Tomatoes
- Fish
- Salt
Preparation
- Put the powdered maize into a silver pan and stir whiles it heats on fire
- Add a bit of water to make it wet as you stir
- Add palm oil to the powdered maize, stir it gradually to make it red
- Put in your onions, fish, pepper and start to stir
- Add salt and gradually stir to make it ready to serve
See also
References
- 1 2 Morrill, A. (2009). Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals. Holidays and Celebrations. Facts On File, Incorporated. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4381-2797-2.
- ↑ Quartey-Papafio, A.B. "Homowo Festival". http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Asante, M.K.; Mazama, A. (2009). Encyclopedia of African Religion. A Sage Reference Publication. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-4129-3636-1.
- ↑ Osseo-Asare, F. (2005). Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa. ABC-Clio ebook. Greenwood Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-313-32488-8.
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