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Akple

Cooked corn-and-cassava dough shaped into smooth rounds or ovals.

Akple — illustrative food image

About Akple

Fran's BetumiBlog records akple as an Ewe staple made from corn and cassava dough. The account distinguishes its unfermented corn dough from the fermented corn associated with banku.

This rendition combines white cornmeal with prepared cassava and water, with a little salt. Stirring and turning over heat bring the mixture together into a firm mass.

Portions are rolled inside a wetted bowl or calabash to make rounded or oval shapes. The author identifies fetri ma or fetri detsi among the original accompaniments, keeping the smooth staple alongside a separate soup.

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Ingredients in Akple

Fran's Ewe-style akple from recorded Ghanaian cooking notes.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • White cornmeal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual10 white Indian Head cornmeal blended finer optional, broader maize-meal candidate; optional cornstarch addition explicitly unselected.
  • Cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own actual #93 5 pressed fresh cassava paste, full #76 9-14 peel/grate/press notes and own water rehydration #93 5; not cassava flour or invented purchased instant starch.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit #93 5 cassava rehydration/10 corn dough/11-12 cooking/13 wet food-contact shaping bowl, #76 9/11/13 own cassava wash/mix water retained.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Prepared fetri ma (fetri detsi) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual14 named original family accompaniment. Full separate soup recipe/formula unprovided, exact animal/vegetable identity not inferred from name alone; optional serving, not akple dough ingredient.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Ghana
  • GhanaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Recipe #93: Akple (corn and cassava dough) - Fran, BetumiBlog