Hello there!, this is another session here on Let's Talk and today like I promised, I am going to present the full description of what Garri is, for those of us in Africa we consume this food most of the time but we can't give a well detailed description of what it is, well if you are reading this, make sure you read it till the end because from then on you shall know what Garri is.
What is the English Description For Garri?
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| Garri, in large basins a sold by retailers in minimal amounts to consumers. Garri can be white or Yellow, It becomes yellow when it is fried with palm oil, white is the colour when it is fried without palm oil |
This question has being a trouble for those people trying to find an english name for the food Garri, in this post i give a well detailed explanation on the description of Garri and suggestions to what the english name of Garri could be.
What is Garri?
Garri is a food commonly consumed in West Africa, it is a creamy granular flour obtained by processing freshly harvested cassava, so Garri is a flour which goes through an additional frying process.
In the northern part of Nigeria, where the common language Hausa is spoken, in this language Garri means all the powdery granules obtained from processing other crops such as rice, maize, guinea corn, millet, plantain and yam. the Garri obtained by processing maize and wheat is called Garin Alkama and that obtained by processing guinea corn is called Garin Masara. There is also a powdery medicine called Garin Magani.
Flour foods like Garri, Elubo, Amala Ogede and so on form the major part of the diet consumed by Nigerians, Benin Republic, Guinea, Ghana, Togo, Cameron and Liberia
Processing Garri
For us to get Garri we need cassava, when we have our freshly harvested cassava, we peel off the cassava's back, grate it and crush it into a mash which is then placed in filter bags and then pressed to squeeze water out of the mash for 2 to 3 hours after which the mash is then dried, sieved and fried with palm oil or without palm oil, when fried with palm oil it gives a yellow colour, this type of Garri is called a Yellow Garri, while that which was fried without palm oil remains white in colour and it is called a White Garri.
Dishes made with Garri?
Garri forms a major part of the diet consumed by Nigerians and other parts of West Africa, we find wonderful mouth watering dishes made with Garri especially the popular Drinking Garri.
Eba
When Garri is cooked in hot water, it is called Eba, which is then eaten with different kind of stews (soup), like Egusi, Ogbono, Vegetable and so on.
Drinking Garri
This is one of the best methods to consume Garri, just as a light cereal. Here Garri is soaked in water and then sugar or honey is added and also milk, it is then drank with fried groundnuts (peanuts), cocnuts, fried fsh, chin chin etc. check out this blog post where I explained the enjoyment process of drinking Garri.
