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Mashed yams, commonly topped with hard boiled eggs, an Independence Day breakfast

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Etor (Otor) - Traditional Ghanaian Recipe | 196 flavors

Etor (or otor) is a traditional yam purée (or sometimes plantain purée) from Ghana enriched with palm oil. Yam in Ghana Yam is known as ete in the native Ghana language Ewe and is literally translated as 'swollen'. According to the native African tales...

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Yam eto (Baayer eto/ ɛto) - biscuits and ladles

traditional Ghanaian food; yam eto (ɛto) with hard boiled egg and avocado pear. Whiles some people do birthdays with cake, we did eto with eggs when we were growing up. My mother would make eto with eggs for breakfast during birthdays. I am not sure […]...

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Oto (Mashed Yam Patties)

Zoe Adjonyoh's Oto (Mashed Yam Patties) is crispy, golden, and gets its color from turmeric and red palm oil. Serve with boiled eggs to commemorate the new year...

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