Joloff rice is common dish throughout West Africa, but its origin lies in Ghana. Its a very aromatic and flavorful rice meal. Its great on its own or even when accompanied with grilled meats. You can have a veggie, chicken or meat version of it.
Because I love food so much, I had to dedicate one blog post to food! As is true in most developing or middle-income countries, there is not a lot of variety in Ghanaian food. The thing that I miss most about food in the States is the variety. From what I understand, Ghanaian food has a lot more spice and flavor compared to many countries in West Africa. Food in Ghana mainly consists of rice or dough-type carbohydrates (fufu, banku), vegetables, fruit, chicken, and fish. They tend to use the same red pepper spice, Shito, in most dishes which makes everything taste similar.
There are a lot of delicious fruit and vegetables available in Ghana, though they are relatively expensive compared to other foods. I absolutely love the bananas, plantains, pineapple,mangoes, and avocado. You can buy plantains in all forms – fresh, fried, stewed, chips. I also love groundnuts (peanuts) that you can also buy in every form. Ghanaians eat a lot of yams as well. You can buy pretty much any kind of food on the street, which is very convenient. (So far I haven't been sick yet!)
Another thing to mention is that Ghanaians seem to eat and drink almost anything from a bag (sachets). I can imagine it’s because things melt so quickly in the heat. We drink our water from sachets, eat ice cream from sachetss, and you can even get alcohol in sachets.One of my favorite snacks is called Fan Milk. It is ice cream, frozen yogurt, or frozen chocolate milk that you suck out of a sachet. They are delicious and refreshing in the heat!
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