About this dish
Rice and beans cooked together with dried millet leaves, giving the dish its distinctive reddish-brown color.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups rice
🫘1 cup black-eyed peas
🌿Dried millet or sorghum leaves (waakye leaves)
🌶️Shito (pepper sauce), for serving
🍌Fried plantain, for serving
Method
Serves 21
Boil the black-eyed peas until nearly tender.2
Add the dried leaves and rice to the pot along with more water.3
Cover and cook until the rice is fully tender and has taken on a reddish-brown color from the leaves.4
Remove the leaves before serving.5
Serve with shito, fried plantain, and other accompaniments.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Waakye is a beloved Ghanaian dish, commonly sold by street vendors and typically served with a range of accompaniments like fried plantain and spaghetti.
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