Etor

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

Otor (also Eto, Oto or Otoor) is a 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. The practice is widely observed by other tribes including the Akans.

Forms

The food comes in various forms; including 'Mashed-Yam' and 'Mashed-Plantain'. GaDangme Etor is the most popular of the sacred foods prepared 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 to the 1800s.

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
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