It’s time to prepare our own
Waakye
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HOW TO PREPARE WAAKYE
1. 2 cups of white rice
1 cup of cowpea beans or red beans
2 millet stalks
Beef, Cow foot, Cow skin (wele)
Tomatoes, Onions, Ginger, Garlic,
Kpapkashito
Vegetable oil
Maggi cubes, Beef season, Salt or other
seasoning of choice
PROCEDURE FOR WAAKYE
• Remove unwanted particles and wash
beans and soak beans overnight to reduce
the cooking time.
• Boil beans in a large saucepan with enough
water.
• Wash millet stalks quickly and add to the
boiling beans.
• Wash rice, drain water and remove the
millet stalks before adding the rice to the
beans when its cooked.
• Add salt and stir, leave to cook whiles
frequently checking to ensure desired
texture .
PROCEDURE FOR WAAKYE STEW
• Wash all meat to be used, season with a
blended mix of garlic, ginger, and onion,
salt, magi cube, other preferred seasoning
as desired then cook. Adjust seasoning to
taste .
• Blend tomatoes and kpakposhito, blend
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garlic, ginger and onion also and put aside
Put oil in saucepan and add chopped onions
and fry, add blended garlic, ginger and
onion mixture and fry till the onion turns
golden brown.
add blended tomatoes and kapkpashito, stir
and allow to cook for like 30 mins.
5.Add the steamed meat with stock to the
stew and allow to cook fro abot 10 minutes.
Add salt, maggi, or seasoning as desired and
allow to cook till desired dark brown color is
reached. Check your salt .
Serve stew with cooked waakye,
spaghetti and stewed gari (optional) but
recommended.
Bon Apetite