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Traditional Ghana Food

Discover 33 authentic Ghana dishes, from must-try specialties to beloved street food

33 Total Dishes
5 Must-Try
13 Street Food
23 Vegetarian

Traditional Dishes from Ghana

Authentic flavors and culinary traditions of Ghana

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Waakye - Traditional Ghana dish
Must Try Street Food

Waakye

Ghanaian food

banku - Traditional Ghana dish
Must Try Vegetarian

banku

Ghanaian meal made from maize and cassava dough

fufu - Traditional Ghana dish
Must Try Vegetarian

fufu

dough-like food in African cuisine

Kenkey - Traditional Ghana dish
Must Try Vegetarian

Kenkey

staple dish

Light soup - Traditional Ghana dish
Must Try

Light soup

local spicy soup from Ghana

Street Food Vegetarian

Agbeli Kaklo

Ghanaian snack

Ayigbe biscuit - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Ayigbe biscuit

Ghanaian snack

Street Food

gari and beans

Staple food in Ghana

Street Food Vegetarian

Gari foto

locally made food from Ghana and Benin

Hausa koko - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Hausa koko

Ghanaian spicy millet porridge

Street Food Vegetarian

Koko

general name for various Ghanaian porridge

Kube Cake - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Kube Cake

Ghanaian snack

Nkati Cake - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Nkati Cake

snack

Piron dish - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Piron dish

Food prepared with gari and other seasoning ingredients.

Plakali - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Plakali

Ghanaian food

Poloo - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Poloo

Ghanaian snack

Zowey - Traditional Ghana dish
Street Food Vegetarian

Zowey

Ghanaian food

Abekatekonto soup

Ghanaian soup, specifically a type of palm nut soup, often enjoyed with fufu.

Vegetarian

Abunuabunu

Ghanaian soup of the people from the Brong Ahafo Region

Vegetarian

Angwamu (oil rice)

Popular dish in Ghana made by frying rice in oil before adding water and cooking it until fluffy

Vegetarian

Cassava dough

dough made from cassava

Vegetarian

Corn dough

dough made from maize in Ghana

Gablee

Ghanaian dish

Kpekpele - Traditional Ghana dish

Kpekpele

food eaten by the Gas during Homowo

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