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Place of origin | Ghana |
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Created by | Northern Region (Ghana) |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | black eyed peas (beans), water |
Tubaani also referred to as steamed black-eyed peas' pudding is a popular Ghanaian dish that is commonly eaten in the northern regions and Zongo communities of Ghana. The dish consists of a paste made from the flour of black-eyed peas and water which is then cooked after being first wrapped in the sweet-tasting, aromatic leaves of the Marantaceous herb Thaumatococcus daniellii and served with gravy or pepper and sliced onions tossed in hot vegetable oil. [2] [3] [4] [5]
It contains proteins, iron, Vitamin B9, proteins and soluble fibre as it is made from beans. [7]
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