Nutrition
Aklor
Aklor is a simple Ghanaian dish typically prepared with fish and pepper sauce and often served with banku.
The process involves boiling the fresh fish, grinding pepper and spices, and mix with the cooked fish for a meal.
Traditionally, Ga fishermen eat this meal while at sea, using seawater to boil the fish, which sustains them until they return to shore.
It’s one of the quickest and most delicious meals they enjoy.
Ingredients
-I kilogram of fresh fish
-3 tablespoonfuls of grinded pepper
-3 tablespoonfuls of grinded onion
-2 tablespoonful of grinded garlic
Spices of choice and salt to taste
Preparation
– Wash, clean and cut the fish into a bowl
-Season with salt and other optional spices
– Put the fish in a pot with water and place on fire to boil
– Allow fish to cook until tender
-While the fish is boiling, add grinded red pepper onions, ginger, garlic, and salt to taste
-Once the fish is cooked, remove it from the sauce and place it in a bowl
-Add the pepper sauce and mix well
-Serve with banku (or other preferred accompaniment)
Nutrition
Almond cake
Ingredients
– 5 eggs
– I margarine cup of sugar
– ½ cup of all-purpose flour
– 1 teaspoonful of baking
powder
– -1/4 tablespoonful of
almond extract
– -2 cups of very finely
ground blanched almonds
– -1/8 tablespoonful of salt
and ½ of tarter
– 1tablespoonful of grated
lemon feel
– ¾ cup of finely chopped
blanched almonds.
Method
-In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until light gradually.
– Add half cup of the sugar, beating until thick lemon coloured.
-In a bowl combine flour and baking powder.
-Add almond extract and one cup of the grounded almonds (Mix until nuts are well distributed)
– In another bowl beat egg until foamy. Add salt and cream of tartar, beating until soft peaks form.
-In a remaining ½ cup sugar. Fold in lemon peel and remaining ground almonds.
-Stir a quarter of the egg mixture and blend. (Gently mould mixture).
-Turn into a greased 9 by 13- inch baking pan. (Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 20 to 25 minutes until top springs back when lightly touched.
– cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the lemon syrup.
– Cut cake into diamond- shaped pieces (make 4 length wise cuts in cake, then cut diagonally 11/4 inches apart).
-Pour hot syrup over cake and sprinkle with chopped almonds. Let cool completely.
Nutrition
Lemon Syrup
Method
-In a small pan, combine ¾ cup sugar, three tablespoonful of lemon juice and ¼ cup water.
Bring to a boil over high heat and cook just until sugar is dissolved.
Source; Recipejoint
Homemade almond milk
-2 cups raw almonds
-3 cups filtered water
– Vanilla extract, dates, or cinnamon, to taste
Preparation
-Soak raw almonds in water for 6-8 hours or overnight to make them softer and easier to blend.
-Drain and rinse the soaked almonds, then combine them with water in a blender
-Strain the blended mixture to separate the solids (almond pulp) from the liquid (almond juice).
-Taste and adjust sweetness or flavour with natural sweeteners or extracts like (dates or cinnamon)
-Keep refrigerated and drink within a week.
