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Food was a very big part of Ancient Ghana’s (c.400 - c.1200) culture. The geography of Ghana assists in making Ghana a great place to grow crops. Due to most of Ghana’s agriculture being homegrown, many of its popular cuisines are made using everything that is grown in the Ghana. One of the household favorites in Ancient Ghana was a delicious meal commonly called “Kelewele”, or fried plantains. Back then the technology was not as good as it is today, therefore if they wanted to use ingredients to make dinner, they would have to go out and gather them (“Ghana Culture” 7). After gathering them they would have to prepare the food. Lastly, you would serve your meal and remember the significance of the meal. In order to make the fried plantains, they would need to get the plantains. They had to be ripe and large to feed not only your family but also your neighbors. They would need six of the ripe plantains. To fry the plantains, they would need oil to fry it in. Ancient Ghanaians would primarily use palm oil because it was easier to extract (“Ghanaian Recipes” 3). Water is also used in the making of this dish to wash the plantains. The next ingredients are mostly spices because the spices add the flavor to the fried plantain. The spices that blended together very nicely for this meal were powdered ginger, salt, and red pepper …show more content…

First, the plantains needed to be peeled and cut to the desired size. After cutting the plantains set them aside. Next, they would take spices and mix the in a mixing bowl with water, to be used as a coat for the plantains. After mixing the coat of spices in the mixing bowl, the next thing they did was get the skillet and get the fire ready to prepare for the frying. Afterward, they would take the cut plantains and coat them in the mixture of spices. Then, begin to fry the plantains until all of the plantains are thoroughly fried. Before they got to be served the Ghanaians would let the plantains

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