Waakye
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3 reviews
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
Waakye
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Waakye is a traditional Ghanaian dish of cooked rice, beans and red millet leaves which give waakye this particular reddish color.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup long grain rice
- 2 (14 oz) cans red beans (or black-eyed peas)
- A dozen leaves of dried millet (waakye)
- salt
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Instructions
- Put the dried leaves of millet in 1 quart (1l) of boiling water for 15 minutes until the water is well colored. Remove the waakye leaves and stir.
- Rinse the rice in water a couple times.
- In a pot, pour 2 cans of beans (without the water) and the rice.
- Pour the colored water on the rice and beans. Add water if necessary.
- Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until the rice is cooked and has absorbed all the water. Season with salt.
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