Kenkey

Kenkey (wanda kuma aka sani da kɔmi, otim, kooboo ko dorkunu) babban kayan abinci ne mai kama da ƙura mai tsami daga yankin Ga da Fante na Yammacin Afirka, galibi ana ba da shi da miya barkono da soyayyen kifi ko miya, stew.

 Siffantarwa 
Ana samar da Kenkey ta hanyar narka masara cikin ruwa na kusan kwana biyu, kafin a niƙa su sannan a niƙa su a cikin kullu. An ba da izinin yin burodi na 'yan kwanaki, kafin a dafa wani sashi na kullu sannan a gauraya shi da kullu wanda ba a dafa ba.

 Bambance -bambancen 
Yankunan da ake cin kenkey sune Ghana, gabashin Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, yammacin Benin, Guyana, da Jamaica. Galibi ana yin sa ne daga masara, kamar sadza da ugali. An fi sani da kɔmi ta Gas ko dokono ta Akans a Ghana. Hakanan an san shi a cikin Jamaica a matsayin dokunoo, dokono, dokunu, shuɗi mai launin shuɗi, da ƙulli. A Meksiko, akwai sigar da ake kira "Tamale". Hakanan ana iya samun Kenkey a wani yanki na Arewacin Ghana da ake kira "Tamale". A Guyana, ana kiranta konkee. A Trinidad ana kiranta "paime" (wanda ake kira biya-ni) kuma ya bambanta da cewa bai ƙunshi plantain ba amma yana iya haɗawa da kabewa da kwakwa. A cikin abincin Caribbean, an yi shi da masara, plantain, koren ayaba, dankalin turawa mai daɗi (sigar Asante da Jamaican, wacce ta fito daga sigar Asante) ko rogo, an nannade cikin ganyen ayaba. Abincin ya samo asali ne daga al'adun dafa abinci na Afirka.
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fante_kenkey_2.jpg|thumb|Fante kenkey
Ba kamar ugali ba, yin kenkey ya haɗa da barin masara ta yi nishi kafin girki. Sabili da haka, shirye -shiryen yana ɗaukar 'yan kwanaki don barin kullu ya yi taushi. An gauraya abincin masara da masarar masara kuma ana ƙara ruwa har sai an sami santsi mai ɗaci. An rufe shi kuma an bar shi a wuri mai ɗumi don ƙoshin da za a yi. Bayan an shayar da nono, an ɗan dafa kek ɗin, an nannade shi a cikin ganyen ayaba, huɗun masara, ko foil, da tururi. Akwai nau'ikan juzu'i da yawa, kamar Ga da Fante kenkey. Ga kenkey yafi kowa a yawancin sassan Ghana.

Ice kenkey kayan zaki ne da aka yi daga kekey da aka cakuda da ruwa, sukari, madarar gari, da kankara.

 Manazarta 

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