Mpoto Mpoto

What we know so far

Mpoto mpoto is Ghana's soft one-pot pottage: cubes of cocoyam or yam boiled with whole tomatoes, onion and pepper, smoked herrings, dried shrimp and a little fermented fish, then mashed into the pot with red palm oil until it is thick and a little lumpy. It is the food of sick days, weaning babies and rainy evenings, and one of the dishes Ghanaians describe as their mother's cooking. The name is Akan for the mashed, porridge-like texture.

The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 11 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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