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{{Short description|Food eaten by the Gas during Homowo}}{{Infobox food
| name = Kpekpele
| image = Kpekpele or Kpokpoi.jpg
| caption =
| alternate_name = Kɔ
| country = [[Ghana]]
| creator = [[Ga-Adangbe people|Ga's]]
| course = Food
| served = Hot or cold
| main_ingredient = hpy bday eaten with palm nut soup, kwown as ''ŋme wonu'' in the Ga language
| variations =
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| minor_ingredient =
| belowstyle = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_nut_soup
}}'''Kpekple''' (also referred to as '''kpokpoi''')<ref name="Morrill">{{cite book | last=Morrill | first=A. | title=Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals | publisher=Facts On File, Incorporated | series=Holidays and Celebrations | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4381-2797-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Xde_E7-r50C&pg=PA41 | page=41}}</ref> is a kind of food eaten by the [[Ga people|Gas]] of [[Ghana]] during the celebration of the [[Homowo]] festival, which is to hoot at hunger.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Quartey-Papafio|first1=A.B|title=Homowo Festival|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/tribes/homowo_festival.php|website=ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/}}</ref> It is prepared with the primary ingredients of steamed and [[Fermentation (food)|fermented]] [[corn meal]], [[palm nut soup]] and [[Smoking (cooking)|smoked]] fish.<ref>{{cite book | last=Asante | first=M.K. | last2=Mazama | first2=A. | title=Encyclopedia of African Religion | publisher=SAGE Publications | series=A Sage Reference Publication | issue=v. 1 | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4129-3636-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B667ATiedQkC&pg=PT335}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Osseo-Asare | first=F. | title=Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa | publisher=Greenwood Press | series=ABC-Clio ebook | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-313-32488-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1s-a7EMM6BgC&pg=PA40| page=40}}</ref> Kpekple is usually sprinkled around by the chief believing that the ancestors would be pleased by the offering.<ref name="Morrill" />
== Ingredients ==
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*Corn meal
*[[Elaeis guineensis|Palm fruit]]
*Onions
*Pepper
*Water
*Tomatoes
*Okro
*Fish
*Salt
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==See also==
* [[List of porridges]]
* [[List of soups]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Ghanaian cuisine]]
[[Category:Maize dishes]]
== External link ==
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