making red-red.

Today, Gideon taught me how to make red-red, my favorite Ghanaian food. Thus, I thought I would share the simple 5 step recipe with you.

Step 1: Gather the ingredients: gari, cowpeas, palm oil, and plantains.

Step 2: Boil the cowpeas for approximately 2 hours, or until they are soft and ready to eat. Then, you add salt to taste.

Step 3: Peel and cut plantains in diagonal slices (as shown above in the picture) and add a pinch of salt. Then, heat oil (vegetable or olive) and fry the plantains until they look like the picture below.

Step 4: Heat the palm oil until it is melted.

Step 5: Combine all the finished ingredients together (First, take some beans, then add some palm oil, next add some gari, and top it all off with some fried plantains) and enjoy!

 

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