plantain bread

Brown Butter and Cardamom Plantain Bread

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This recipe was inspired by Christopher Kimball’s Brown Butter-Cardamom Banana Bread. I saw this recipe in Kimball’s Milk Street magazine about a year ago and was meaning to try the recipe as is, but never got around to it. Recently, I had some over-ripe plantains lying around so I thought […]

shrimp ceviche

Shrimp Ceviche

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Shrimp ceviche is a great dish to make for hot summer days when you want something cool and refreshing to eat. It’s also a great make-ahead meal and never fails to please as an appetizer for parties.

jollof rice

Ghanaian Jollof Rice

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Jollof rice (also called benachin) is a one-pot rice dish that is beloved among West Africans. Pretty much all West African countries have their own version of jollof rice and there’s a long-standing friendly competition between West Africans (especially Ghanaians and Nigerians) over which country has the best jollof rice. […]

beer battered fish

Beer Battered Fish

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This post is basically a continuation of the recipes that I made with the Ghanaian yam that I got from my mom (see the yele kakro post for more information). After I made the yele kakro, I still had plenty of yam left so I decided to make beer battered […]