kelewele
Ghana · Sub-Saharan Africa
- Short description
- Kelewele is a sweet-spicy fried plantain snack with crisp edges and warm aromatics.
- Ingredients
- Ripe plantains seasoned with ginger, chile, onion, cloves, nutmeg, salt, oil, and optional peanuts.
- Cultural note
- Vendors often sell it in the evening, when the sweet-spicy aroma travels well from roadside pans.
- Common misconception
- It is not plain fried plantain; the ginger-and-spice coating is the key feature.
image credit
- creator:
- Danieljatuat
- source:
- Wikimedia Commons
- license:
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- modified:
- Copied from Wikimedia Commons and re-encoded for Gochizu; no substantive edits.
audio credit
- voice:
- marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
- source:
- OpenAI API Text to Speech
- license:
- OpenAI API generated audio
- modified:
- AI-generated voice audio.