Ghana Wine-Raised Doughnuts

When I lived in Nungua along Ghana’s coast in the 1970s I became attached to a chewy doughnut that the Ga people call Togbei, which delightfully enough means “goat’s balls.” The Akan people call it Bofrot (roughly pronounced “boff-row”). They are a popular street food. I remember buying them by the roadside in Nungua, freshly made and wrapped in newspaper. They make a nice snack with tea.

The doughnuts are made from a raised wheat dough that traditionally uses palm win