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.
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CourseSourced to the subject's own account Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountGa-Dangme communities of coastal southern Ghana 1 Connections
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Banku is a distinctively Ga-Dangme term.
Introduction
Banku is cooked in hot water until it turns into a smooth, whitish paste, served with soup, okra stew or a pepper sauce with fish.
In Cuisine: Ghanaian Cuisine, Lead section
In Ghanaian cuisine, banku and akple
Uses Ingredient: Maize, Lead section
a slightly fermented cooked mixture of maize and cassava doughs
Uses Ingredient: Cassava, Lead section
a slightly fermented cooked mixture of maize and cassava doughs
Expresses Tradition: Fermentation, Lead paragraph
In Ghanaian cuisine, banku and akple ( ) are staple dishes made of a slightly fermented cooked mixture of maize and cassava doughs formed into single-serving balls.
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In what period did banku take shape as a distinct Ga-Dangme dish?
The source traces banku's name to the Dangbe phrase "ba mi ku" and describes its ingredients and preparation, but gives no century or period for when the dish itself originated among the Ga-Dangme.
What would resolve this A dated food-history or linguistic source on Ga-Dangme or Ghanaian cuisine naming an approximate period for banku's origin.
food historyBanku (Wikipedia)
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