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Ghana: Waiting for fried, ripe plantain with ginger in Accra

Posted 2 December 2010 16:50 GMT

Emmanuel introduces his readers to Kelewele: “In this specific case, kelewele (pronounced kay-lay-way-lay), which is, in essence, fried, ripe plantain (generally sweet), with ginger. You can occasionally take it with peanuts as a meal. Sometimes, people take it as dessert!”

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Written byNdesanjo Macha

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