Kakro

Kakro (or kaklo) is a delicious traditional Ghanaian snack made from very ripe plantain fritters. Plantains are a staple starch in the West African cuisine and Africa is the major producer of plantains in the world. Although plantains are related to the banana family, they are starchier, mildly sweet when ripened and never eaten uncooked unlike the regular bananas. Both ripe and unripe plantains are used in the African cooking. Plantains are either grilled, boiled, baked, steamed or fried depending on which African region the recipe is from. Generally, peeled plantains roasted over a hot charcoal are a favorite street food in Africa. Dodo, apiti or tempiagba, krakro and makemba are few of the plantain-based dishes from the African continent. Kaklo means fried in the Ghanaian language. So a recipe name mostly has the prefix kaklo if the dish is deep-fried. For example, agbeli kaklo is a popular fritter made from grated cassava.