Banku

Banku is a Ghanaian staple dish, made together with the related dish akple from a slightly fermented dough of maize and cassava formed into single-serving balls and cooked in hot water until it becomes a smooth, whitish paste. It is served with soup, okra stew, or a pepper sauce with fish, and a softer variant is preferred by the Ga-Dangme people while the Fante people make their own drier version called etsew. Akple itself is favored particularly by the Ewe, Fante and Ga-Dangme peoples of southern Ghana, though eaten more widely across the country.