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Gob3

Gob3/GOH-bay/
Also known as: Beans and Gari
Gob3
About this dish

Black-eyed peas cooked with gari, a simple and filling Ghanaian student staple.

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Ingredients
🫘2 cups black-eyed peas
🌾1 cup gari (cassava granules)
🫒3 tbsp palm oil
🌶️Shito, for serving
Method
Serves 3
1
Boil the black-eyed peas until fully tender.
2
Stir in palm oil and season the beans with salt.
3
Sprinkle gari over the cooked beans, or soak separately.
4
Mix the gari and beans together, or serve side by side.
5
Top with shito and serve.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Gob3 is a popular, affordable Ghanaian dish particularly associated with students, pairing beans with gari rather than rice.

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