It is enjoyed with hot pepper sauce and grilled fish.
DIY Recipes: How to make Yake Yake
Yake Yake is a Ghanaian staple made from steamed cassava.
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Ingredients
1 tuber of cassava
Water
1 tablespoon of corn flour
Salt (to taste)
Method
Cut cassava into smaller sizes into a bowl and soak in water overnight. Grate the cassava into a bowl.
Use a small mortar and pestle to mash the grated cassava and use a clean cloth to drain the water from the grated cassava. Squeeze till dry.
Use a mesh strainer to sieve the dried cassava into a bowl.
Add one tablespoon of corn flour to the dried cassava and sieve again. Add salt and stir.
Put some water on fire in a saucepan and let it boil.
Put a fine clean cloth into a colander and put the dried grated cassava mixed with corn flour and salt into it. Cover the saucepan with its lid and let the food steam for a while.
Remove from fire when ready and serve.
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