Banku With Tilapia Fish – An Authentic Traditional Recipe
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- 28 Feb 2023
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Banku with tilapia fish is an authentic and very popular dinner recipe from Ghana.
Banku with tilapia fish is an authentic and very popular dinner recipe from Ghana. Today, I will make a quick banku recipe with delicious stuffed tilapia fish and a homemade hot pepper sauce with fresh sliced vegetables.
My recipe takes less than an hour to make and is incredibly easy! And you can serve it alongside some other authentic Ghanaian dishes like this Classic Ghanaian Salad recipe.
WHAT IS BANKU AND TILAPIA MADE OF?
Banku and tilapia fish is one of the best traditional dishes from Ghana. It can be found virtually everywhere, with each region having its own variations. However, the two main elements always remain the same.
This dish consists of banku (a type of corn and cassava flour dough) and cooked whole tilapia fish. The fish is then topped with either a type of stew or hot pepper sauce before being garnished with some fresh sliced vegetables.
BANKU
Let’s first start with banku, as it is likely the more unfamiliar element between the two.
Banku is a type of dough made from slightly fermented cooked corn dough and cassava dough. Now, you may be thinking that the fermentation process equals a ton of time. And you’re not entirely wrong.
But we won’t be making banku from scratch today. Instead, I have developed a quick and easy recipe using pre-prepared ingredients you can find at most African grocery stores and markets. If you cannot find any fermented products, the regular ones will do just fine. They just won’t taste exactly the same.
Banku has a very fermented flavor profile. It is slightly sour and has tangy undertones. It is a very soft and elastic dough that you can break into pieces and eat by hand. Read More…
