Kpekpele
Food eaten by the Gas during Homowo
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Kpekple (also referred to as kpokpoi)[1] is a kind of food eaten by the Gas of Ghana during the celebration of the Homowo festival, which is to hoot at hunger.[2] It is prepared with the primary ingredients of steamed and fermented corn meal, palm nut soup and smoked fish.[3][4] Kpekple is usually sprinkled around by the chief believing that the ancestors would be pleased by the offering.[1]
Ingredients
- Corn meal
- Palm fruit
- Onions
- Pepper
- Water
- Tomatoes
- Okro
- Fish
- Salt
