5 definitions by Awura Adwoa
Akatoa is a Twi word (language of the Akan ethnic groups in Ghana; Asante, Akyem, Fante etc.) Akatoa is a type of whitish flat seeds from the melon fruit family eaten as vegetable by most West and Central African countries. Akatoa is also known as Agushi in Ghana by the Ga tribe and Egusi in Nigeria. Akatoa is used to make delicious stews and soups with assorted fishes, meats, mushrooms, seafood that are eaten with most starchy foods like yams, cassava, plantains, cocoyams, rice etc.
by Awura Adwoa February 11, 2021
Fufu/Fufuo means "mash" in Twi (language of the Akan ethnic groups in Ghana) and is a specific staple food for the Akans in southern part of Ghana and Ivory Coast, West Africa but now commonly features in many West and Central African countries in different textures but not every doughy African foods are Fufu.
Fufuo (also means white and derived from the white color of cassava) is soft doughy swallow food made out of boiled cassava mixed with plantains or coco yams and pounded together in a mortar (waduro) with a pestle (woma) unique to the Akans and only eaten with liquid soups (nkwan) such as, Light soup (Nkrakra nkwan), palm nut soup, peanut soup, Abunabun soup (green vegetable) with meats, fishes, snails, crabs, mushrooms and okro (nkruma) on the side. Fufuo/fufu is usually served in Asanka or Ayowaa (an earthware bowl; black or red in color).
Right way to eat Fufu:
Take a piece of the Fufu , make a hole in it, scoop the soup and swallow, never chew the Fufu.
In the typical Akan region in Ghana, Fufuo is mostly use but Ghanaian businesses men used only the name Fufu when they processed the authentic Fufuo/Fufu into cassava/plantains /coco yam flour years ago and sold mainly in Ghana markets in most western countries such as America because they couldn't pound the Fufu just they would in Ghana, as it's very noisy when pounding and it became popular among other Africans and parts of the Caribbean and now almost every African doughy foods are being called Fufu.
Fufuo (also means white and derived from the white color of cassava) is soft doughy swallow food made out of boiled cassava mixed with plantains or coco yams and pounded together in a mortar (waduro) with a pestle (woma) unique to the Akans and only eaten with liquid soups (nkwan) such as, Light soup (Nkrakra nkwan), palm nut soup, peanut soup, Abunabun soup (green vegetable) with meats, fishes, snails, crabs, mushrooms and okro (nkruma) on the side. Fufuo/fufu is usually served in Asanka or Ayowaa (an earthware bowl; black or red in color).
Right way to eat Fufu:
Take a piece of the Fufu , make a hole in it, scoop the soup and swallow, never chew the Fufu.
In the typical Akan region in Ghana, Fufuo is mostly use but Ghanaian businesses men used only the name Fufu when they processed the authentic Fufuo/Fufu into cassava/plantains /coco yam flour years ago and sold mainly in Ghana markets in most western countries such as America because they couldn't pound the Fufu just they would in Ghana, as it's very noisy when pounding and it became popular among other Africans and parts of the Caribbean and now almost every African doughy foods are being called Fufu.
Fufu spicy plantains with palm oil food called Eto. Fufu spicy dry roasted cassava grain with palm oil food called Gari Foto.
by Awura Adwoa February 11, 2021
Kokonte is a Twi word (language of the Akan ethnic groups in Ghana) and a swallow soft doughy food for the Akans in southern part of Ghana and eaten with liquid soups (nkwan) such as, palm nut soup, peanut butter soup, werewere soup or akatoa/agushi soup with varieties of meats, fishes, snails, crabs, mushrooms and okro (nkruma) on the side. Kokonte is usually served in Asanka or Ayowaa (an earthware bowl; black or red in color) and can be eaten at, Ghana restaurants or Chop bars (food restaurants) in Ghana.
Right way to eat Fufu:
Take a piece of the Kokonte, make a hole in it, scoop the soup and swallow, never chew the Kokonte.
Kokonte is made from sun dried cassava flour or powder.
Right way to eat Fufu:
Take a piece of the Kokonte, make a hole in it, scoop the soup and swallow, never chew the Kokonte.
Kokonte is made from sun dried cassava flour or powder.
by Awura Adwoa February 11, 2021
Akatoa is a Twi word (language of the Akan ethnic groups in Ghana; Asante, Akyem, Fante etc.) Ampesie is boiled root starchy foods like yams, cassava, plantains, cocoyams potatoes cut into medium sized cubes and eaten with delicious vegetable stews like Palava sauce stew, Akatoa stew, garden eggs stews, Nkontomire stew and soups with assorted fishes, meats, mushrooms, seafood. Ampesie is also eaten in other countries in West and Central Africa.
by Awura Adwoa February 11, 2021
Palava sauce is a Ghanaian vegetable stew made from Nkontomire (cocoyam leaves) or spinach leaves and and Akatoa (melon seeds) with tomato, hot peppers, onions, other spices, fish, seafood and meat base. Palava sauce is mostly eaten with rice or ampesie (boiled starchy roots like yams, cassava, kooko/taro or plantains) in Ghana. Palava sauce stew is also eaten in other West African countries like Liberia and also known as Egusi soup in Nigeria and Cameroon.
by Awura Adwoa February 11, 2021