Etor facts for kids
Otor served with egg and peanuts
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| Place of origin | Ghana |
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| Created by | GaDangme(or Ga) people |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Ripped plantain,pepper,palm oil, smoked fish,onions and salt |
Otor (also Eto, Oto or Otoor) is a sacred food formulated by the GaDangme (or Ga) tribe of Ghana for special occasions such as: the 'Twins-Festival (Akweley Suma), Outdooring Naming Ceremony, birthday celebration of which predominantly the mashed-yam version of the food is used, with seldom use of the mashed-plantain version, weddings and Dipo/Atofo(or Otofo)/Ashimi puberty rites.
The food comes in various forms; including the 'Mashed-Yam' form and the 'Mashed-Plantain' form and has been widely adopted by some of the neighbouring Akan-Tribes. The GaDangme Etor is the most popular of the sacred foods prepared for the twins during the 'Twins-Festival'. Others such as 'Naji Enyo' or 'Naji Ejwe' (which is traditionally rice or yam with tomatoes-based-stew, garnished with boiled-eggs and 'Kelewele') is not as popular.
Etymology
'Eto(or Etor)' is an 'Akan' corruption of the actual name 'Oto (or Otoor)', a Ga-language word dating as far back as in the 1800s.
Ingredients
- Roasted peanuts
Method of preparation
- Peel of the plantain, cut into pieces and boil
- Add salt to taste
- Boil the pepper and grind together with onions
- Grind the roasted peanut or peanut butter
- Grind salted fish to smoky flavor
- Add the sliced boiled plantain and mash together
- Add teaspoons full of palm oil with fried onions and mix with the mashed plantain evenly.
- Garnish with boiled egg, sliced avocado and roasted peanut
