Evelyn's Banku with Peppe

Along with Fufu (which was documented in a prior posting), Banku is a staple food in Ghana. The best Banku - by far - that we've had is at the OA Guest House. It is the ultimate comfort food. We asked Evelyn to teach us how to make it. We didn't have power that night, so everything was made by candle-light.
Start with even portions of corn and cassava flour. Sift the flours and mix with water. Mix by hand and sieve soaked dough, removing clumps. Boil everything together and mix regularly until the mixture gets doughy. Add more water and pull the dough from the edges of the potm forming and reforming a ball. Steam the ball for 15-20 minutes.

For the Peppe sauce, add dry peppers to water and mix until the water is red. Add 1/2 onion and 4 tomatoes and mash together into a sauce while the banku boils.

Mold the banku into baseball-sized balls and serve with Peppe and fried chicken.