Ewe culture, arts, design

Late night eating is a no no advice from health experts due to complications that can result after. But has people heeded to this advice? It will surprise you that amidst all the shouting and education about late night eating, we find it difficult keeping this discipline. When you want to find out why, then it will be disclosed that many reasons are the causative factors why it is hard keeping this discipline. Quite a few times I have tried completing meals early enough but it working into the night kind of makes it hard maintaining such a discipline. All because after a hard day's work and strive, something must be ingested to generate some energy. It seems funny but it is the truth shared by many who find it hard to prevent late night eating. Akple also called in some cases as banku is an energy-giving food that contains carbohydrate as the major food nutrient. As a farmer, when you eat this food whether in the morning before setting out to farm or in the afternoon, you are assur...

Generally, it is not common to prepare banku using solely cassava dough due to several reasons. Some of these reason include: i) The banku becomes too starchy. ii) It is hard to obtain a hard banku at times. These reasons among others account for the reason why it is not common to use cassava dough as a stand-alone in preparing banku but widely it is added to either corn dough or corn flour to prepare banku and akple respectively. The addition of cassava dough to the mixture helps to get a smooth sweet-scented banku which makes swallowing easier. It also extends the life span of the food making it stay a bit longer before it spoils. This post explores how to use cassava dough in preparing banku and getting the best out of it even though it is not widely used. Learn how to prepare banku and akple here Procedure Pour cassava dough into a cooking pot or saucepan and add a little water. If the dough is too watery, very little water is used but if the water from the dough has been extracted...

Akple with ground pepper with some local fried fish ready for intake. In this article you'll know: 1. What is akple? 2. Ingredients for preparing akple. 3. Ways of preparing akple. 4. Serving and eating banku. 5. The reason why people do not joke with akple. 6. Take away. Now you are about to know more about one of the African Ghanaian foods that has transcended borders because of its uniqueness in taste, energy provision and easy affordability. Let's Get Started 1. What is akple? Akple is a type of food that is prepared in Ghana and particularly among the tribe called EWE located in the Volta Region of Ghana. Talking about food, there are many types of foods in Ghana and among the Ewes but the favorite food of a typical Ewe or Anlo person is akple . What at all is so special about this food? Do not worry as you will be fed with information that answers all your questions about this type of food. 2. Ingredients for preparing akple corn powder corn dough cassava dough salt  wate...