{"id":5822,"date":"2018-06-26T18:23:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T22:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2018-08-02T09:48:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:48:22","slug":"dakwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=5822","title":{"rendered":"Dakwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI may have a found new favorite West African sweet snack: Dakwa. A popular treat in Ghana \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded and Togo \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddec, it goes by spellings and names that run the alphabetical gamut from Adaakwa to Zow\u00e8. Fortunately, I had only to travel to New Harlem Halal Meat on 2142 Frederick Douglass Blvd at 116th St in Manhattan to spot these treasures tucked away in a large plastic jar perched on the cashier\u2019s counter (see second photo).<\/p>\n

Made from ground roasted corn flour and peanuts, spiked with cloves, ginger, chili powder, sugar and a little salt, tightly compressed into 2\u00bd inch balls with a measure of peanut oil to stick it together, its texture is similar to Middle Eastern halvah, perhaps a little stiffer. The balls come tightly bound in plastic wrap; the first photo shows one broken apart for closer examination, but mainly for easier eating. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Sweet, spicy, salty, zowie!
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