Garri. In West Africa Garri is the powdery food material flour made from the tuberous roots of the cassava plant, which in the process of its manufacture is changed into dry edible granules. Garri is rich in high fibre content which helps in digestive health. Garri can be soaked in cold water with milk to make it creamy, and when consumed the fibre content in it helps to make one fuller, helps in quick digestion and sustains one from hunger for some time, and also eliminates the chances of constipation.
In its grain form, the staple is referred to as Garri (or Gari in other West African countries).
Gari also known as cassava flakes is a creamy-white, granular flour.
It is a popular West African food made from cassava tubers.
You can have Garri using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Garri
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Ijebu gari.
- You need 4 tsp of sugar.
- It's 10 tsp of milk.
- Prepare of Ice.
- Prepare of Water.
- Prepare of Groundnut.
Gari is widely consumed in Nigeria and many other West African countries owing to its availability and affordability. Garri, which is made by fermenting and roasting cassava root, is one of the staple foods in West African cuisine. Also known as gari, garry, tapioca, garium sulphate, farofa, and poi, this fermented food is available in fine, medium and coarse grain forms, and in white and yellow colors. The texture comes from how the root is ground and sieved, and the color comes from the addition of palm oil.
Garri step by step
- In a blow Wash the garri well.
- Add sugar.
- Add milk.
- Add groundnut.
- Add ice and water.
- Enjoy......
Gari (garri)is a fine to coarse granular flour of varying texture made from cassava roots. Cassava is cleaned after harvesting, grated, water and starch squeezed out of it, left to ferment and then fried either in palm oil or without palm oil and serves as a major staple food in West Africa. This page presents the geographical name data for Garri in Pakistan, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division. The Garre are Somali pastoralist clan. The Garre live in southern Somalia, northeastern Kenya and southern Ethiopia.
