kakro

In any case they became a source of vexation to a certain woman who used to fry kakro, a kind of bun made from a mixture of plantain and corn dough, outside the walls of her house.

1965, Alexander Coleridge Vanderpuije Baka Tetteh-Lartey, The Schooldays of Shango Solomon, page 14

On a bench they lay fresh kakro (gold, crusty, puff balls of crushed plantain and banana), kelewele (crispy fried, yellow and brown slabs of plantain) and several cups of roasted groundnuts.

1973, Africa Special Report

It is sometimes used as sugar substitute in the preparation ofboodoo (baked corn dough) or kakro (fried corn dough mixed with red plantain).

1990, Daniel K. Abbiw, Useful plants of Ghana: West African uses of wild and cultivated plants, →ISBN

With that Pepe left with the mother's permission to see the woman nearby who was frying balls of kakro which let out an appetising flavour. The woman smiled at Pepe. He smiled back and took a ball of kakro and threw it into his mouth, "Mother will pay for that," he said after munching it. "Where have you been, schoolboy?" the kakro seller asked.

1975, Selby Ashong-Katai, Confessions of a Bastard: And Other Stories, page 121

Authentic kakro ko achar uses mustard oil, which has wonderful preservative qualities and flavor but is hard to find.

2017, Kirsten K. Shockey, Christopher Shockey, Fiery Ferments, →ISBN