Waakye
Waakye from Ghana: explore its ingredients, nutrition facts, 535 calories per serving, and cultural origin.
Waakye — Ghana
Waakye: Rice and beans cooked with waakye leaves, served with various accompaniments, a beloved Ghanaian dish.
Foods: Waakye
- 200.00 g Rice and black-eyed peas cooked together with dried waakye sorghum straw (releases natural burgundy pigment that colours rice and beans deep reddish-brown; without straw it is simply rice and beans)
- 100.00 ml Waakye stew (light tomato-beef stew) and boiled spaghetti (specifically Ghanaian accompaniment — not found in any other West African rice dish)
- 30.00 g Shito (Ghanaian black pepper sauce), fried plantain, boiled egg and salad (the full waakye plate accompaniments)