Garri recipes have emerged as one of the most popular foods in West Africa, precisely Nigeria where it is savored with varieties of side dishes like barbecued fish or meat, peanuts, beans porridge or pudding, coconut, and soups.
Like the wheat flour, Garri is made out of peeled, washed, soaked, and grated cassava that is drained in a press machine and roast into a dry crispy mash generally called Garri. Sometimes palm oil is added during the dry-roasting process to produce a yellow color Garri.
Once the Garri is properly processed it can be eaten dry, soaked in cold water with sugar and milk or it is soaked in a hot water to form a smooth dough known as the Eba that is eaten with a variety of soups. To determine the freshness or well-processed type that has a longer shelf life, you should look out for crispier grains.
Garri Recipes
Garri recipes are served as breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as dessert, appetizer, and snacks. As breakfast, and just like cereals, you can enjoy this tapioca flour with peanuts, coconut, beans pudding. In hot weather, it is best served in cold water and ice cubes, milk, sugar or honey, and a pinch of salt.
Garri Recipes – with Beans
This recipe is delicious, super satiating, and packed with nutritious values – protein, carb, and fiber. To prepare this, simply follow the steps for the preparation of beans and soak your Garri in cold water, add sugar/honey and milk as desired, and enjoy the hearty meal.
Garri with Beef Barbecue/Suya
This is one of the Garri recipes that has received high ratings for its protein richness and savory taste. The Moi Moi (beans pudding), stuffed with hard-boiled eggs, and the barbecue/suya is protein-packed which perfectly complements the carbohydrate content of the Garri.
You can either serve this recipe as lunch or dinner on normal or special occasions.
Garri Recipes – with Peanut and Coconut
This Garri recipe is best served as a breakfast or dessert and mostly savor by both adults and teenagers, especially students who consider it the most sustainable meal for TDB – exam periods when students study till daybreak.
Just mix in chilled water and enjoy!
Garri with Grilled Fish
As weird as this recipe may seem, it is definitely a delicacy in the south-south region of Nigeria and other river line regions of West Africa where fish and seafood are harvested in abundance. For this recipe, you simply need to soak your Garri in cold water and sugar to enjoy the smoky grilled spicy fish.
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Garri with Soup
Soup is the most essential for consuming Garri in most West African countries. Among Garri recipes, this is served as the entrée during lunch or dinner time; the part where the Garri is stirred into boiled water to form a stiff dough. Afterward, it is nicely folded into any shape and served; to be savored with any kind of soup.
