Place
Makola Market
Food / market
Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Makola is an active commercial district where Accra's trading life fills streets and stalls with food, cloth and everyday goods. Visit as a working market, keep pathways clear and ask before photographing people or their stalls.
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The Foods You Will Discover
Food carries local history, ingredients, and family knowledge. These foods are connected with this Place or its surrounding region; availability and preparation can vary.
Banku
Banku is a soft fermented maize-and-cassava staple commonly paired with pepper, fish, okra or soup. It is especially useful around Accra and the coast, while remaining familiar well beyond those regions.
Strongly associated with Accra and Ghana's coast.
Discover this food →Groundnut Soup
Groundnut soup brings a rich peanut base to staples such as fufu, rice balls or tuo zaafi. It provides a useful food connection between regions rather than belonging to only one city.
Served with different staples across Ghana.
Discover this food →Jollof Rice
Rice cooked in a seasoned tomato base is a widely recognized Ghanaian meal found across the country. Its place here does not turn regional West African debates into a claim of exclusive origin.
Found across Ghana, including Accra and Kumasi.
Discover this food →Kelewele
Kelewele is ripe plantain fried with a warm, peppery spice mixture and commonly encountered as a snack or side. Seasoning and serving styles vary.
Often encountered as a snack or side.
Discover this food →Kenkey
Kenkey is a steamed fermented-maize staple with important Ga and Fante forms. Ga kenkey connects most strongly with Accra and Fante kenkey with Cape Coast and Elmina, while local preparation varies.
Look for locally distinct Ga and Fante forms.
Discover this food →Red-red
Red-red pairs a bean stew coloured by palm oil with fried plantain. It is a concise introduction to the importance of beans, plantain and palm oil in everyday Ghanaian cooking.
Commonly encountered as an everyday meal.
Discover this food →Waakye
Waakye combines rice and beans and is especially familiar as a filling morning or midday meal with varied accompaniments. Its northern roots and nationwide popularity make it useful across Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Damongo.
Especially familiar in the morning or around midday.
Discover this food →Journey
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