The Ghanaian breakfast pallet teases many naturally available and organically farmed crops such as cocoa, maize, cornmeal, oats and rice to create unique and delicious breakfast menu that are eaten not only in the mornings but throughout the entire day as snacks.
Typical local breakfast that is popular with working people,
Flaky pastry pies and fried dough (the Ghanaian equivalent to doughnuts) are on top of the list with an assortment of tastes, shapes, textures and fillings, eating as snacks during a long hard day for the working people or accompanying a breakfast dish.
Typical local snacks that is popular with local people,
There are many savory snacks in Ghanaian cuisine, fried, barbecued, boiled, roasted, baked or steamed.
Some savory favorites that well known internationally
Ghanaian cuisine also enjoys an assortment of sweets created from naturally found staples such as coconuts, peanuts and sugar cane.
Most popular sweets for snacking and desserts
Ghanaian traditional main dishes are made up of starchy staples such as rice, Fufu, banku/etew, kenkey/dokonu etc. with which a sauce or soup saturated with fish, meat or mushrooms is served.
The typical Ghanaian staples in main dishes include cassava, plantain, yams, rice, wheat & maize.
The foods below represent the dishes made out of these staple foods.
Stews or soups made from mix of spices like Cumming, habanero chilies, maggi cubes, vegeta, thyme, garlic, ginger and bay leaf. These are often cooked with vegetables such as wild mushroom, garden eggs (eggplant), tomatoes. Protein is often the heart of stews and soups –the Ghanaian main meal boasts an assortment of flavored/sautéed proteins; beef, pork, goat, chicken, fish of which are the most used.