African Recipes

How To Prepare Gari Fotor

1 Mins read

How To Prepare Gari Fotor

How To Prepare Gari Fotor. Gari Fotor is a popular staple food in Ghana. This delicious Ghanaian dish has a bright orange colour and is sometimes called “garri jollof”.

Garri is prepared by fermenting finely grated cassava, before pan-frying.

 

 

This meal is usually served with either meat, fish or egg.

 

HOW TO PROCESS CASSAVA( MANIOC, MANDIOCA, or YUCA) TO GARI

1. Harvest and sort your cassava taking out those with black colour.

2. Peel the cassava roots using a sharp knife

3. Wash and clean the cassava root in a large 

4. Grate the cassava roots into a mash. Place in a sack.

5. Ferment the Cassava Mash to Remove Hydrocyanic Acid

6. Press the cassava sack with a heavy tool to drain the water in the garri

7. After draining the garri mash, sift the wet cake into grits

8. Fry or roast the grits to form edible garri under medium heat. Stir continuously to avoid burning. Here, you can add palm oil to get yellow garri.

9. Spread the garri in a thin layer and allow it to cool

10. Sieve or grind the garri to break larger granules

 

OTHER INGREDIENTS ALTERNATIVES YOU CAN ADD IN MAKING GARI FOTOR

Sardine

Corned Beef or Canned Mackerel

Carrot, Green beans,green bell peppers

Avocado

Eggs

Mushrooms

Riped fried plantains

Fried meat or fish

 

 

RECIPE INGREDIENTS

1 cup Gari

Salt to taste

2 teaspoons Powdered pepper

1 medium Tomato

 2 Onions

1 Carrot

1 Green bell pepper

Sardine

Cooking oil/ Palm oil

READ ALSO:   How To Prepare Egg Stew

 

 

DIRECTIONS OF HOW TO PREPARE GARI FOTOR

Wash and cut tomatoes, onions, carrot and green pepper into slices and set aside.

Under medium heat, pour little amount of oil into a pot. Place in onions, then add the tomatoes. Stir and leave it to cook for a while.

Next, add salt and pepper and stir.Add your chopped carrot, green bell pepper and sardine and stir.

Pour gari into a bowl and wet it with a little water. Add the gari to the sauce on fire and stir till it mixes well.

 

TRY OTHER AFRICAN RECIPES

HOW TO PREPARE KAKLO

HOW TO PREPARE BOFROT

HOW TO PREPARE COCONUT RICE

 HOW TO PREPARE FANTE KENKEY

 

RECIPE VIDEO

 

MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE,BUT BY EVERY WORD(JESUS) THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.kjv

How To Prepare Gari Fotor

Rating: 5.0/5
( 1 voted )
Serves: 1 Prep Time: Cooking Time: Nutrition facts: 50 calories 2 grams fat

Ingredients

1 cup Gari
Salt to taste
2 teaspoons Powdered pepper
1 medium Tomato
 2 Onions
1 Carrot
1 Green bell pepper
Sardine
Cooking oil/ Palm oil

Instructions

  • Wash and cut tomatoes, onions, carrot and green pepper into slices and set aside.
  • Under medium heat, pour little amount of oil into a pot. Place in onions, then add the tomatoes. Stir and leave it to cook for a while.
  • Next, add salt and pepper and stir.Add your chopped carrot, green bell pepper and sardine and stir.
  • Pour gari into a bowl and wet it with a little water. Add the gari to the sauce on fire and stir till it mixes well.
Did You Make This Recipe?
How you went with my recipes? Tag me on Instagram at @agameals.

You may also like
African Recipes

How To Make Alewa

1 Mins read
How To Make Alewa This candy helps me remember my childhood plays. This is a sweet, sticky candy that seemed to vanishes…
African RecipesChicken Recipes

How To Cook Umleqwa

2 Mins read
How To Cook Umleqwa Umleqwa, also known as free-range or village chicken, is a traditional South African dish that is deeply rooted…
African Recipes

How To Cook Chicken Feet South African Style

2 Mins read
How To Cook Chicken Feet South African Style Chicken feet are known to be a favorite treat in Asian countries, and becoming…