Etor

Otor (also Eto, Oto or Otoor) is a sacred food formulated by the GaDangme (or Ga) tribe of Ghana for special occasions such as: the 'Twins-Festival (Akweley Suma), Outdooring Naming Ceremony and '8th Day Abrahamic' circumcision, which is now widely observed by other tribes including the Akans, birthday celebration of which predominantly the mashed-yam version of the food is used, with seldom use of the mashed-plantain version, weddings and Dipo/Atofo(or Otofo)/Ashimi puberty rites.

Etor
Otor served with egg and peanuts
Place of originGhana
Created byGaDangme(or Ga) people
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsRipped plantain,pepper,palm oil, smoked fish,onions and salt

The food comes in various forms; including the 'Mashed-Yam' form and the 'Mashed-Plantain' form and has been widely adopted by some of the neighbouring Akan-Tribes. The GaDangme Etor is the most popular of the sacred foods prepared for the twins during the 'Twins-Festival'. Others such as 'Naji Enyo' or 'Naji Ejwe' (which is traditionally rice or yam with tomatoes-based-stew, garnished with boiled-eggs and 'Kelewele') is not as popular.[1][2][3]

Etymology

'Eto(or Etor)' is an 'Akan' corruption of the actual name 'Oto (or Otoor)', a Ga-language word dating as far back as in the 1800s.

Ingredients

Method of preparation
  • Peel of the plantain, cut into pieces and boil
  • Add salt to taste
  • Boil the pepper and grind together with onions
  • Grind the roasted peanut or peanut butter
  • Grind salted fish to smoky flavor
  • Add the sliced boiled plantain and mash together
  • Add teaspoons full of palm oil with fried onions and mix with the mashed plantain evenly.
  • Garnish with boiled egg, sliced avocado and roasted peanut

See also

References
  1. Online Reference, by J DZ eagu-kudjodji and others
  2. A grammatical sketch of the Akra or Ga-language - by Johannes Zimmermann
  3. THE OUTDOORING DEDICATION AND NAMING OF AN AFRICAN CHILD. A CEREMONY OF THE GADANGME PEOPLE OF SOUTHEASTERN GHANA - Ganyobi Kpojiemo, vol. 1 by Ernest H.C. Tetteh
  4. "How To Make Delicious Plantain Eto – Taste Ghana". Retrieved 2019-05-10.
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