Banku (dish)

Ghanaian cuisine puan, banku la akple (//ⓘ) de la disɛka ti ba Vola mɛ ba tari la kareyɛɛna zom la banki zom dɔgereba ba, nyaa n maaleba kili-kilisi wuu buula la.

Ba tari kotuulega dɔgera Banku nyaa n gura sansɛka ti ba ni ta bɛ'ɛ, ba ni dita whitish paste,https://books.google.com/books?id=PtqY7dP7Ib0C&pg=PA37https://archive.org/details/ghana0000brighttps://www.196flavors.com/ghana-banku/ a mɛ la zĩirɔ, ma'ana zĩirɔ, nanzu'usi la zim.http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/food/banku.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200606151739/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/food/How-to-prepare-banku-609361

Tiŋa nuuren nɛreba n ba'am nɔŋɛ Akple de la southern regions of Ghana— Ewe nɛreba, Fante nɛrebahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources la Ga-Dangme nɛreba—gee tinsi zo'e zo'e n lagum dita Gaana. Gee Banku de la disɛka ti Ga-Dangme (Ga bii Dangbe) lagum dita ka, gee ti Fante nɛreba mɛ tara ba dia ti ba yi'ira ka ti ɛtsew.

 Etymology 
Banku de la is Ga-Dangme nɛreba yu'urɛ.http://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/ga.html Banku de la dia n ze'ele Dangbe tɔgum n de "ba mi ku". "Ba" vuure de la "vuɔ(vuurɔ)". "Ku" de la Ga-Dangbe yu'urɛ ze'ele bo dia buuri woo gee ti dɔgereba dola soyine. Tuusum puan sa, ba yuum ni dike banku iŋɛ la vuurɔ puan. Sosega wa n de 'ba mi ku' vuure de la "ku n boi vuurɔ puan", Ŋwana wa de la sɛla n ze'ele bo banku ti la yue. Tɔgum duma ba sɛba boi ti vuɔ la bɔna yima yima Ga tɔgum puan, magese wuu "inku" (de pomade Ga tɔgum puan), ti ashanku (ze'ele bo "plantain fritter" yu'urɛ de tatale), la yu'ura zo'e zo'e ba'asera "ku".https://books.google.com/books?id=8tYeAgAAQBAJ&dq=It+is+a+distinctively+Ga-Dangme+term&pg=PA63

 Lɔgesɛba Ti Ba Tara Dɔgera 
Lɔgesɛba ti ba kɔ'ɔm tara dɔgera banku de la kareyɛɛna zom, banki zom bii nyɔa zom , yaarum la ko'om. Ba tari dia lɔgeyiŋɔ lagum dɔgera Banku la akple.https://web.archive.org/web/20150214200200/http://www.accra-guesthouse.com/showArticle/34

Ba ni lage banki bii nyɔa pɔgerɔ mɛ, nyaa ŋmɛ ba dikɛ naɛ la kareyɛɛna buse ba ko'om puan ti la paɛ dabesere. Ba wan ka'e ko'om basɛ mɛ gee nyaa gee banki la n la kareyɛɛna tari ta niim ti ko'om kelum bɔna ma'asere ŋwana suŋa suŋa. Ba nyaa wan dike ba ze'ele ti la dabesa ayi bii dabesa anuu ti ba mi'e yesera saŋa la n ani se'em.https://www.196flavors.com/ghana-banku/https://yen.com.gh/106552-how-prepare-banku.html

Kareyɛɛna la banki zom nyaa naɛ mɛ la ko'om ti ba dɔgɛ ba. Ba nyaa ni mɔna ba fii fii ti ba bi'e bii naɛ taaba. Ba wan dikɛ ko'om duuse dɔkɔ la kaɛ "dough-in-pan-island", ni gee fii la dɔkɔ piri. Ba wan pi ba gee basɛ ba ti ba bi'isɛ, ba wan basɛ ti ba bi'isɛ suŋa suŋa dɔkɔ la puan. Sɛla le maan pa'asɛ de la, ba wan basɛ ti muri la naɛ sɛla n de "spatula" giim la ko'om ta gura sansɛka ti ba za'a wa naɛ taaba.

Ba ni kelum pa'asera la ko'om gee mɔna ta gura sansɛka ti ba za'a naɛ taab. Ba nyaa kilum ba kinkilesi kinkilesi wuu buula pigesi pigesi.

Ba buuri malema puan ba diti Banku la akple mɛ la nu'usi.https://books.google.com/books?id=F8WvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 Ba ni dita Akple mɛ la bunsɔɔlegɔ ziirɔ (okra) n de "fetri detsi"  Ewes duma puan.https://www.196flavors.com/ghana-okro-stew/ Fu wan nyaŋɛ di ba ziirɔ, nanzu'usi naɛ la nɛnɔ bii zim.

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