Wele

Name: Wele
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 500g cow skin, cleaned; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 1 chile, chopped

Wele/WEH-leh/

Also known as: Cow Skin

About this dish

Softened, seasoned cow skin simmered in a spicy sauce, a popular Ghanaian delicacy.

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Ingredients

🐄500g cow skin, cleaned

🍅2 tomatoes, chopped

🧅1 onion, chopped

🌶️1 chile, chopped

Method

Serves 2

Boil the cow skin until very tender, then slice into strips.

Sauté onion, tomato, and chile into a sauce.

Add the cow skin strips to the sauce.

Simmer until well seasoned and coated.

Serve as a snack or side dish.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Wele is a traditional Ghanaian dish made from cow skin, valued for its chewy texture and flavor-absorbing quality.

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