Garri (also known as gari, garry, or tapioca) is a
popular West African food made from cassava
tubers. The spelling 'garri' is mainly used in
Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo and 'gari' in
Ghana.[1] Either spelling may be used in Nigeria.
Process

To make garri, cassava tubers are peeled, washed
and grated or crushed to produce a mash. The mash
is placed in a porous bag and allowed to ferment for
one or two days, while weights are placed on the
bag to press the water out. It is then sieved (or
sifted) and roasted by heating in a bowl. The
resulting dry granular garri can be stored for long
periods. It may be pounded or ground to make a
fine flour.

Eba is a stiff dough made by soaking gari in hot
water and kneading it with a flat wooden baton.
Kokoro is a common snack food in Nigeria made
from a paste of maize flour mixed with gari and
sugar and deep-fried.

Garri comes in various consistencies, which can
roughly be categorized into: rough, medium and
smooth. Each type is used for a particular meal.
As a snack or light meal, garri can be soaked in cold
water (in which case it settles to the bottom), mixed
with sugar and sometimes roasted peanut, with
evaporated milk sometimes added. The amount of
water needed for soaked garri is 3:1. Garri can also
be eaten dry without water, but with sugar and
roasted peanut added.

In its dry form, garri is also a nice accompaniment
for soft cooked beans and palm oil. This food mix is
called Yor ke Garri in the Ga language, in Ghana.
This food is usually eaten with fried plantain,
commonly known as kokor. The combo is a common
meal for lunch.
For a full meal, garri is usually cooked by adding to
hot water and kneaded into dough. This is then
eaten with different types of thick, leafy vegetable
stews, melon seed stews, peanut stews etc.
Smooth garri (known as lebu to the Yoruba) can also
be mixed with pepper and other spicy ingredients. A
small amount of warm water and palm oil is added
and mixed with the hand to soften up. This type of
garri is served with fried fish. It is also served with
frejon on Good Friday.
Variations

In West Africa, there are two types; "white" and
"yellow" garri. The yellow garri is prepared by frying
with the addition of palm oil to give it a yellow
colour; while white garri is fried without palm oil.
Yellow and white garri are very common all over
Nigeria. A variation of white garri exists, popularly
known as Ijebu-garri. This variation is produced
mainly by Yorubas of Ijebu origin, in Nigeria. A great
many variations exist of both white and yellow garri.
In Ghana, garri is judged by its taste and grain size.
The sweeter types with finer grains are more valued
over sour, large grain varieties. Commercial food
vendors on the other hand prefer, coarser grains
with high starch content as this yields more quantity
when soaked in water. In addition, buyers often look
out for crispier grains when trying to determine its
freshness.


Consumption

Garri can be eaten without further cooking by
placing in a bowl and adding cold water; Ijebu-garri
is made to have finer grains, and a pleasantly sour
taste, making it very suitable for consumption in this
way. Sugar or honey is then added as well as chunks
of coconut, groundnuts, tigernuts and cashew nuts.
Milk may also be added.
Most garri, however, is cooked by adding to boiling
water and stirring to make a stiff paste or porridge,
which among the Igbos is known as utara, and
among Yorubas as eba. Utara (or eba) is normally
eaten with soups, of which several different kinds
are available. Most parts of Africa where cassava is
grown have an equivalent staple dish.

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pweshex:
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Movesz:
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nairamaverick:
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SavageGarden:
Go and pedal that futile lie somewhere else you broke Cockroach

oga iyaff vex o

SavageGarden:
And you'll book a space in hell You When dem use Garri water breast feed..

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pweshex:
oga iyaff vex o

So Sorry Boss

Movesz:
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*Ignored*

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