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Ampesi

Boiled yam and plantain with a palm-oil cocoyam-leaf stew and smoked fish.

Ampesi — illustrative food image

About Ampesi

Ampesi names the boiled starches served in this Asante meal, here yam and semi-ripe plantain with cocoyam optional. Chimdindu Ken-Anaukwu pairs them with kontomire, a stew of cocoyam leaves.

Palm oil carries onion and a blended mixture of tomato, scotch bonnet, ginger and garlic. Smoked mackerel joins the stew before the chopped leaves cook into the sauce.

The hot ampesi is served in a bowl or on a plate, with stew spooned over it or placed alongside. Optional shito and sliced avocado provide further accompaniments.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Fish.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Ampesi

Chimdindu Ken-Anaukwu's Asante ampesi with kontomire and smoked mackerel.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

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

  • Yam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual52/70, variety unprovided.
  • Cocoyam (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual53 optional tuber, not leaves allocation.
  • Semi-ripe plantains: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual54/70 semi-ripe, not unselected fullyripe dessertbanana.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual55/71 starchboil and78 stewcooking consolidated.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual56/66/71 consolidated.
  • Kontomire (cocoyam leaves): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58/74/79 native leaves, no spinach substitute97-98.
  • Smoked mackerel: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual59 offered smokedfish,91 explicit authenticsmokedfish,100 names mackerel selected; additional optional smokedfish84 uses same preparedcomponent, no friedfish union.
  • Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual60/75.
  • Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61/75/76.
  • Scotch bonnet peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual62/75.
  • Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual63/75.
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64/75.
  • Palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual65 firstoption selected over vegetableoil.
  • Seasoning cubes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual66/80 prepared cubes exact formula unresolved.
  • Garden eggs (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual67 named optional Africaneggplant, stage unprovided.
  • Okra (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual67 named optional vegetable, stage unprovided.
  • Shito (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual85 traditional optional prepared blackpepper sauce, completeformula unknown; no automatic fish/shrimp claim.
  • Sliced avocado (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual86 optional traditional accompaniment.

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. Chimdindu Ken-Anaukwu, NKENNE - Ampesi ne Kontomire Stew, Boiled Yam/Plantain with Cocoyam Leaf Sauce