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Kpekpele

Traditional dish from Ghana

About Kpekpele

food eaten by the Gas during Homowo

Kpekple is a kind of food eaten by the Gas of Ghana during the celebration of the Homowo festival, which is to hoot at hunger. It is prepared with the primary ingredients of steamed and fermented corn meal, palm nut soup and smoked fish. Kpekple is usually sprinkled around by the chief believing that the ancestors would be pleased by the offering.

Dietary Information

Traditional Ghana cuisine

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