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Omo tuo

Rice, Grain and Starch Dishes

Omo tuo, Twi for rice balls, is a Ghanaian staple food made from broken or long grain rice that is cooked with extra water until soft, then beaten smooth and shaped into balls. It is commonly served with groundnut soup or palm nut soup in Ghana, and its own source describes it as a Ghanaian version of the Nigerian Hausa dish tuwon shinkafa, from which the name tuwo derives; in Nigeria a similar rice ball may accompany miyan kuka, an okra and baobab leaf soup. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Soup 1
Origin Region
Ghana 2
Connections

In Cuisine

Ghanaian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Omo tuo (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Water, Ingredients
Source Omo tuo (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ghana, originated there.
Sources
1. Omo tuo (Wikipedia)
  • entity description (course)
    It is commonly served with groundnut soup or palm nut soup in Ghana, and its own source describes it as a Ghanaian version
  • Uses Ingredient: Water, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rice, salt and water
  • In Cuisine: Ghanaian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Omo tuo (Twi: ɛmo tuo; "rice balls") is a Ghanaian staple food made with rice.
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2. Omo tuo (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Ghana
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Ghana
Ghana
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