Kpekpele Explained
Kpekpele |
Country: | Ghana |
Creator: | Ga's |
Course: | Food |
Served: | Hot/Cold |
Main Ingredient: | Corn Meal, Palm nuts, Onion, Water,Tomatoes, Okro, Fish, Salt |
Other: | Kpokpoi |
Kpekple (also referred to as kpokpoi)[1] is a kind of food eaten by the Gas of Ghana during the celebration of Homowo festival, which is to hoot at hunger.[2] It is prepared with the primary ingredients of steamed and fermented corn meal, palm nut soup and smoked fish.[3] [4] Kpekple is usually sprinkled around by the chief believing that the ancestors would be pleased by the offering.
Ingredients
- Corn meal
- Palm nuts
- Onions
- Pepper
- Water
- Tomatoes
- Okro
- Fish
- Salt
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Morrill, A. . Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals . Facts On File, Incorporated . Holidays and Celebrations . 2009 . 978-1-4381-2797-2 . 41.
- Web site: Quartey-Papafio. A.B. Homowo Festival. ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/.
- Book: Asante, M.K. . Mazama . A. . Encyclopedia of African Religion . SAGE Publications . A Sage Reference Publication . v. 1 . 2009 . 978-1-4129-3636-1 .
- Book: Osseo-Asare, F. . Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa . Greenwood Press . ABC-Clio ebook . 2005 . 978-0-313-32488-8 . 40.