Ghanaian ETO I Mashed Plantains By Nanaaba’s Kitchen

‘Eto’ is a popular Ghanaian dish in southern Ghana made from either boiled yam, plantain or cocoyam mashed and mixed with palm oil. Groundnuts, eggs and avocado pear is use to garnish it. Etor is prepared with slightly ripped plantain and unripe plantain because it makes the dish sweet, ripe plantain is naturally sweet, but you can also prepare it with only plantain.

The traditional Ghana dish otor is from the Akan and Ga regions. It is a simple concoction made of mashed yams or plantains, which is compulsorily served along with hard-boiled eggs. Cooked yam or plantain is mashed in traditional earthenware called asanka or ayewa.