Asaana

What we know so far

Asaana (liha in Ewe, ngmeda in Ga) is Ghana's brown corn drink, sold ice-cold in plastic cups at funerals, parties and lorry parks, sweet and faintly sour with a burnt-sugar edge. Three things go into it: corn, sugar and water. The corn is crushed and soaked for days until it sours (in the long Volta way it is first sprouted and dried, which gives the drink its malty depth), then boiled until the foam clears, and the strained corn water is poured over sugar that has been melted almost to burning. It is drunk chilled, on its own or with a splash of evaporated milk.

The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 4 ingredients and 5 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

What claiming it means

1. Cook it the way you actually make it. Change anything in our draft that is wrong, and most of it probably is.
2. Photograph your own, so the page carries a real picture instead of somebody else's.
3. Send it in. An editor reads it, and it publishes with your name on it and a link to your profile.

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