Ghana
Photo: Mwintirew, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedKenkey
/kɛnkeɪ/KEN-kay
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- Taste
- SourSavory
- Made with
- CornFish
History
Kenkey is a dumpling of fermented maize dough, partly cooked, wrapped in corn husks or plantain leaves, and steamed. The fermentation gives it a sour taste. It is the staple of the Ga people of Accra, who wrap it in corn husks (Ga kenkey), and of the Fante on the central coast, who wrap it in plantain leaves (Fante kenkey). It is eaten with fried fish, a fresh pepper sauce of tomato, onion and chilli, and shito. Maize reached Ghana from the Americas around the 16th century, and fermenting maize dough became a main way of using it.
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