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Food :: The Asanka :: Ghana grinding pot

The Asanka / Kaa / Apotoyewaa

The asanka is a wide and quite heavy clay grinding pot that goes with a wooden grinder ( called “tapoli”) . It is used on a daily basis in Ghana cusisine both as a plate and as a grinding pot. It is a kind of traditional blender. The Ga people of Greater Accra call it “Kaaa” whilst the Akans from Ghana’s Ashanti region (Southern & Central Ghana) call it “apotoy…