Join our Cooking class in Ghana, learn local Ghanaian recipes & prepare your favorite dishes which may also include ingredient shopping at the market. Ghanaians enjoy a rather simple, but flavorful cuisine. The majority of meals consist of thick, well-seasoned stews, usually accompanied by staple foods such as rice or boiled yams. Also, oils like palm-nut are used to cook the meal.

A few traditional dishes that you can expect to be served are groundnut or palm-nut soup or yam and spinach stew, jollof rice (rice cooked in gravy), kelewele (fried plantains seasoned with spices and nuts) and peanut brittle.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request when booking.

Cooking experience: The cooking class lasts for about 2-3 hours. You will be taken through each step in the cooking process and you will help prepare two dishes from scratch. You will learn to make jollof rice and soup or yam and spinach stew. While you cook together, we will share the origins of dishes and the culture that surrounds them. We are excited to share our culture through food and offer an authentic/traditional cooking class in Accra. We also can offer vegetarian, vegan and gluten free meals on request in the Ghanaian cooking class.

Market visit: Visit Makola or Nungua market with your host. This is not a large, typical market but a very local one where vendors are selling their produce along the street. You will get to see a variety of fruits, vegetables, spices and condiments used in Ghanaian meals. It can be chaotic especially on market days, but its a great place to see local activity and interact with vendors. You will buy ingredients from the market before returning home for your cooking experience.

Notes: We can offer vegetarian, vegan and gluten free meals on request.

Sample menu
This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.

• Groundnut soup or Palm-nut soup or Yam and spinach stew
• Jollof rice (rice cooked in gravy) or Waakye (rice and beans with gravy and black pepper sauce) or Banku and okra or Banku with grilled fish
• Kelewele (fried plantains seasoned with spices and nuts) 0r Fried yams or Sweet Potatoes fries with black pepper sauce and grounded pepper sauce
• Peanut brittle