Fran Osseo-Asare, Barbara Baëta

Stirred Fermented Corn Dough

Banku

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The Ghana Cookbook
The Ghana Cookbook

By Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baëta

Published 2015

  • About

Fermented corn dough can either be homemade, bought frozen, or prepared from a powder mix. If using powdered “instant” banku, first add water to make the dough, then proceed as with already prepared dough.

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups homemade fermented corn dough with any mold scraped off, or frozen packaged banku dough (corn and cassava), defrosted
  • 1 teaspoon

Method

Directions

  1. In a 3-quart saucepan with a handle, mix the dough with 1½ cups water by hand or with a wire whisk to make a smooth paste. Mix in the salt.
  2. Put on the sto