what is wanke ?
Wanke is a ghanian rice and beans.
Ingredients needed for wanke
- Leaf of guinea corn. In my tribe its called kporo kporo baba leaf my mum says it’s the leaf that’s gotten from ogi baba plant. Anyway it’s pink/ wine in color. You can get this at a local market in Nigeria.
- Rice
- Beans
- Onions to make your beans soften quicker

Procedure
- Rinse your beans
- Place in a clean pot and add water to it
- Add some sliced onions
- Boil beans for fifteen to twenty minute
- Wash/ parboil rice. I don’t parboil mine but you can do that to yours
- Add the rice to the pot
- Rinse the leaf and add to the pot
- Add more water if it’s required or the water is small
- Boil for another fifteen to twenty minute.
- Check if the rice and beans are edible and very soft
- Mould to desired shape
- Serve with wanke stew or shitto stew.
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